n. [ Icel. garðr yard. See Yard. ] 1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. [ 1913 Webster ]
A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A dam or weir for catching fish. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Girth. ] A hoop or band. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
{ n. Also ‖. [ Icel. miðgarðr. ] (Teut. Myth.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell, the abode of human beings; the earth. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]