garret
noun/ˈɡærət/
/ˈɡærət/
- a room, often a small dark unpleasant one, at the top of a house, especially in the roof compare attic see also loftWord OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘watchtower’): from Old French garite, from garir ‘defend, provide’, of Germanic origin.
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