Găr'ret, n.
n. [Scot. garret, garrit, gerret, a watch-tower, the top of a hill, O. Fr. garite, N. Fr. guérite, Sp. garita, Pg. guarita, a place of refuge and of safe retreat, the dungeon of a fortress, whither the beleaguered soldiers make their last retreat, sentinel-box, from O. Fr. garir, to preserve, save, Pr. garir, O. Sp. & O. Pg. guarrir, It. guarire, guérir, from Goth. warjan, O. H. Ger. werjan, N. H. Ger. wehren, to defend.]
Sense 1. A turret or battlement. [Obs.]
He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. Ld. Berners.
Sense 2. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under the roof; an attic.
The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome. Macaulay.
Sense 3. The color of rotten wood. [Obs.] Bacon.