Is Attic a Garret?

A garret is a habitable attic, a living space at the top of a house or larger residential building, often small, dismal, and cramped, with sloping ceilings. In the days before elevators this was the least prestigious position in a building, at the very top of the stairs.

What does the French word garret mean?

: a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof.

Why is it called a garret room?

A garret is a room at the very top of a house, just underneath the roof. ... Garret comes from the old French word guerite, which means "watchtower" or "sentry box." These days, a garret has nothing to do with war; it simply means the little room at the very top of a building, which is also called an attic.

Alexander Ross

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