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gar⋅ret
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[gar-it] 
–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
1300–50; ME garite watchtower < OF garite, guerite watchtower, deriv. of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison
Related forms:
gar⋅ret⋅ed, adjective
gal⋅let
[gal-it] Masonry.–noun
| 1. | spall (def. 1). |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to fill (a mortar joint) with gallets. |
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| gar·ret (gār'ĭt) 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
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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Language Translation for : garret
Spanish:
buhardilla, desván,
German:
die Dachstube,
Japanese:
屋根裏部屋
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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