n. [ OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. guérite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F. guérir to cure; of German origin; cf. OHG. werian to protect, defend, hinder, G. wehren, akin to Goth. warjan to hinder, and akin to E. weir, or perhaps to wary. See Weir, and cf. Guerite. ]
He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]
The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Protected by turrets. [ Obs. ] R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]