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Garret

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the O. Fr. garite, modern guerite, a watchtower, connected ultimately with "guard" and "ward"), properly a small look-out tower built on a wall, and hence the name given to a room on the top storey of a building, the sloping ceiling of which is formed by the roof.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Garret'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/garret.html. 1910.
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