Garth , n. [Girth.]
A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.]
Garth (gärth), n. [Icel. garðr 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.