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Garitour, Garatour, n.² Also: garitor, garri-, garytour; garaitour, garratour, -tor. [f. OF. garite Garret.] A watchman on a tower or wall.(a) 1434 Exch. R. IV. 593.
Pro feodo preconis, videlicet garitour, castri de Strivelyne 1465 Lennox Mun. 78.
To mak and deput vndir him, connestablis, portaris, wachemen, garitouris 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 492.
Than on the wall ane garitour I considder, Proclamand loud Id. K. Hart 305.
Fayr calling is grit garitour on hicht, That watchis ay the wallis hie abone 1523 Rep. Mar & Kellie MSS. 13.
The Lord Erskin sall haiff the keiping of the Castell of Striveling, and … haif under him ane constabill, vacheman, garritouris and portaris 1569 Crim. Trials I. ii. 8.
[They] assegeit the said castell, … and … hurt and woundit Johnne Angus, garytour in Wauchtoune 1580 Reg. Privy C. III. 320.
In the quhyte toure … in the neddir hous thairof ane stand bed for the garritoure 1628 M. Works Acc. XX. 14 b.
To Nicoll Murray, garritour, for ringing the bell to lous and enter the warkmen(b) 1514 Acta Conc. MS. XXVI. 81.
I man now … mak fer largear cost upone the keping of the sald hous in wachmen, garatouris, portaris [etc.] 1531 Reg. Privy S. II. 115/2.
To mak deputis, constabulis, garratouris, … and all utheris officiaris neidfull for keping of the said castell c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii. 857.
On the walheid was gretest garaitour Dame Chaistitie