GARRET

loft, attic, garret

(noun) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

garret (plural garrets)

An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.

Anagrams

• Trager, garter, grater

Source: Wiktionary


Gar"ret, n. Etym: [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.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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