Garret

//ˈɡæɹɪt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.

    "This morning (we living lately in the garret,) I rose, put on my suit with great skirts, having not lately worn any other clothes but them."

  2. 2
    floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from garir, guarir (“to defend, protect”) (compare English garrison), ultimately of Germanic origin (see English garage). Doublet of guerite.

Etymology 2

Variant of Garrett.

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