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garret

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gar⋅ret

1  [gar-it]
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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

Related forms:
gar⋅ret⋅ed, adjective

gar⋅ret

2  [gar-it]
–noun, verb (used with object) Masonry.
gallet.
Origin:
1835–45; of uncert. orig.

gal⋅let

  [gal-it] Masonry.
–noun
1. spall (def. 1).
–verb (used with object)
2. to fill (a mortar joint) with gallets.
Also, galet, garret.

Origin:
1705–15; < F galet pebble, OF galet, jalet, deriv. of ONF gal pebble (said to be < Celtic, but MIr gall “pillar stone, standing stone” is only point of comparison)
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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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Word Origin & History

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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