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gué⋅rite

[gey-reet; Fr. gey-reet]
–noun, plural -rites [-reets; Fr. -reet] . French Furniture.
a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.

Origin:
1700–10; < F, MF, prob. alter. of OF garite watchtower; see garret 1
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