\Garth\ (g[aum]rth), n. [Icel. gar[eth]r yard. See
{Yard}.]
1. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth.
         A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from
         fruit.                                --Tennyson.
2. A dam or weir for catching fish.

\Garth\, n. [{Girth}.]
A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]