Gar"ret noun
Etymology
OE.
garite,
garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF.
garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F.
guérite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF.
garir to preserve, save, defend, F.
guérir 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.
Definitions
- A turret; a watchtower. Obs.
He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls.
Ld. Berners.
- 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.