garth

Garth, n. Etym: [Icel. gar yard. See Yard.] 1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson. 2. A dam or weir for catching fish. Garth, n. Etym: [Girth.] Defn: A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]

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