garret
An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a houseAn attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
» The rain pattered upon the roof and the sky gloomed through the dusty garret windows.
Meaning
1 sensesAn attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
Mansarde, Dachwohnung
черда́кčerdák, манса́рдаmansárda
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
Examples
2 sentencesThe rain pattered upon the roof and the sky gloomed through the dusty garret windows.
The classic tale of starving young Bohemian lovers living in a garret has been called the "greatest love story ever sung."
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from gFrom 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.
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