Emily Dickinson Lexicon

garret, n. [OFr.]

1. Chamber; apartment; flat; upstairs room with a writing table by a window; [fig.] life; mortal sphere.
2. Upstairs room; open space on the top floor of a house.
3. Loft; attic; storage place; crawl space under the roof of a house; [fig.] secret chamber; hiding place.