Pronunciation: ˌ gär-d ē - ' lü
Function: interjection
Etymology: perhaps from French garde à l'eau! look out for the water!
Date: 1622
― used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets
Pronunciation: ˌ gär-d ē - ' lü
Function: interjection
Etymology: perhaps from French garde à l'eau! look out for the water!
Date: 1622
― used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012