garret : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: garret	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for garret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garret n floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage Synonym(s): loft, attic, garret
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garret \Gar"ret\, n. [OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. gu[82]rite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F. gu[82]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.