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garth

  [gahrth]
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–noun
1. Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
2. Archaic. a yard or garden.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < ON garthr farm, farmyard, courtyard; see yard 2

Garth

  [gahrth]
–noun
a male given name.
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garth   (gärth)   
n.  

  1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

  2. Archaic A yard, garden, or paddock.


[Middle English, enclosed yard, from Old Norse gardhr; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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garth 
"small piece of enclosed ground," northern and western Eng. dialect word, c.1340, from O.N. garðr "yard, courtyard, fence," cognate of O.E. geard (see yard (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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