MEANING
The open courtyard or garden surrounded by a cloister walk.
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- grassy cloister garth
- central cloister garth
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The grassy cloister garth held the only sunlight in the monastery.
Rain filled the central cloister garth while the covered walks remained dry.
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- cloister garth
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular cloister garth; plural cloister garths. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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