Garth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɑː(r)θ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)θHomophones: Garth

Origin

From Old Norse garðr (cognate with Old English ġeard, whence English yard).

Full definition of garth

Noun

1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters
2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.a cloister garth
• TennysonA clapper clapping in a garth
  To scare the fowl from fruit.
3. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in northern England
4. (paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith Heathenry.
5. (paganism) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
6. A dam or weir for catching fish.

Related terms

• gravegarth