garth

¹ American  

[gahrth] / gɑrθ /

noun

1. Also called cloister garth.  an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.

2. Archaic. a yard or garden.

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Garth ² American  

[gahrth] / gɑrθ /

noun

1. a male given name.

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garth ¹ British  

/ ɡɑːθ /

noun

1. a courtyard surrounded by a cloister

2. archaic a yard or garden

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garth ² British  

/ ɡɑːθ /

noun

1. dialect a child's hoop, often the rim of a bicycle wheel

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Etymology

Origin of garth

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old Norse garthr “farm, farmyard, courtyard”; yard ²

Example Sentences

The lawns, scythed by the monks, formed a courtyard called a garth.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2020

You may have noticed how every garth runs up the hillside in a long, narrow strip.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis

The cloister garth, with its sixty white marble columns, charmed and impressed me; but all molto triste.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David

The distance to the earl's garth in the Thronder country was long; the Norwegian chiefs lived scattered and apart; a large force could, therefore, not be collected in haste.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

On the village green, every prophet from Isaiah to Malachi might be seen of an evening playing leap-frog: unless, indeed, Zephaniah was stealing apples in the garth.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.