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–noun

an attic, usually a small, wretched one.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME garite watchtower < OF garite, guerite watchtower, deriv. of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison

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—Related forms

gar·ret·ed, adjective

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–noun, verb (used with object) Masonry.

gallet.

[Origin: 1835–45; of uncert. orig.

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n. A room on the top floor of a house, typically under a pitched roof; an attic.

[Middle English, from Old French garite, watchtower, from garir, to defend, of Germanic origin; see wer-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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garret

c.1300, "turret," from O.Fr. garite "watchtower, place of refuge," from garir "defend, preserve," from a Gmc. source (cf. Goth. warjan "forbid," O.H.G. warjan "to defend"), from P.Gmc. *warjanan, from PIE base *wer- "to cover" (see warrant). Meaning "room on uppermost floor of a house" is from 1483. See attic.

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garret
noun
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft]

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garret [ˈgӕrət] noun

a usually small and sometimes dark room just under the roof of a house
Example: He was poor and lived in a garret.

Arabic:	عُلِّيَّه، غُرْفَه مُهْمَلَه في أعْلى البَيْت
Chinese (Simplified):	阁楼，顶楼
Chinese (Traditional):	閣樓，頂樓
Czech:	podkroví, podkrovní místnost
Danish:	kvist
Dutch:	zolderkamer
Estonian:	katusekamber
Finnish:	ullakkohuone
French:	grenier
German:	die Dachstube
Greek:	σοφίτα
Hungarian:	manzárd
Icelandic:	háaloft, ris
Indonesian:	loteng
Italian:	soffitta, solaio

Japanese:	屋根裏部屋
Korean:	다락방
Latvian:	jumtistaba; bēniņi
Lithuanian:	palėpė
Norwegian:	kvist(værelse), loftskammer
Polish:	poddasze
Portuguese (Brazil):	água-furtada, sótão
Portuguese (Portugal):	mansarda
Romanian:	mansardă
Russian:	чердак
Slovak:	podkrovie
Slovenian:	podstrešna izba
Spanish:	buhardilla, desván
Swedish:	vindskupa
Turkish:	tavanarası odası

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Garret

Gar"ret\, n. [OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. gu['e]rite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F. gu['e]rir to cure; of German origin; cf. OHG. werian to protect, defend, hinder, G. wehren, akin to Goth. warjan to hinder, and akin to E. weir, or perhaps to wary. See Weir, and cf. Guerite.]

1. A turret; a watchtower. [Obs.]

He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. --Ld. Berners.

2. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.

The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome. --Macaulay.

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