GARTH Men, is used in our statutes for those who catch fish by means of fish garths, or wears. By statute it is ordained, that no fisher, nor garth men, shall use any nets or engines to destroy the fry of fish, &c. 17 Ric. II. cap. 9. The word is supposed by some to be derived from the Scotch word gart, which signifies forced or compelled; because fish are forced by the wear to pass in a loop, where they are taken.