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garret definition

gar·ret (gar′it)

noun

the space, room, or rooms just below the roof of a house, esp. a sloping roof; attic

Etymology: ME garite, a watchtower, loft < OFr < garir, to watch < Frank *warjan, to protect, akin to OE warian: for IE base see warn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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