gare

American  

[gair] / gɛər /

noun

1. low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.

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Etymology

Origin of gare

1535–45; < Anglo-French, variant of Old French gard, jart

Example Sentences

I find the following: "Arces, Varces, Granges et Comiers, Tel les regarde qui ni les ose ferier, Mais gare la queue d'Alleman et des Brangiers."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The fourth night I went to Marseilles and telegraphed to the gare and the police at Nice.

From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift

"For nonn of your nockdurnal knocks I do not gare von rap!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

J'ai pris une tasse de chocolat et écrit quelques lettres en attendant le train pour Fontainebleau qui est parti de la gare à 8 h.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

Trois stretcher-beds sent over from Angleterre. � la gare.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 by Various