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

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

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

At half-past he declared that there was really nothing to see, so we went to the gare, and he bought a Paris "Herald."

From Seeing France with Uncle John by Warner, Anne

The tavern is just opposite the gare, where there will soon be a train.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

The gare de Clermont-Ferrand says there is no place salon-lit or coupé-lit free in the train to-night.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John