GARTH

Etymology

Noun

garth (plural garths)

A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters

A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.

A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in northern England

(paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith Heathenry.

(paganism) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.

A dam or weir for catching fish.

Proper noun

Garth

A male given name from Welsh, shortened form of Gareth

A village in Powys, Wales

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary


Garth, n. Etym: [Icel. gar yard. See Yard.]

1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson.

2. A dam or weir for catching fish.

Garth, n. Etym: [Girth.]

Definition: A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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