Definition of "garth" in English

noun

1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.

   • a cloister garth

3. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England

4. (Germanic paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.

5. (Germanic paganism) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.

6. A dam or weir for catching fish.