charrette

or cha·rette

[shuh-ret]

noun

a final, intensive effort to finish a project, especially an architectural design project, before a deadline.

Origin of charrette

1965–70; < French: cart, Old French, equivalent to char chariot, wagon (see car¹) + -ette -ette, from the idea of speed of wheels

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Historical Examples of charrette

Yet, so far as the Charrette goes, this is scarcely to be laid to his blame.
The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac
Jessie L. Weston
Our baggage was piled upon the charrette, at last, to be taken to the boat.
Pencillings by the Way
N. Parker Willis
I suggested that they must have gone on in the omnibus or taken a charrette, and so have passed us unperceived.
In the Days of My Youth
Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
The Charrette opens at Carlion, which it, however, apparently confuses with Camelot.
The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac
Jessie L. Weston
In the foreground is a deep sandy road with the charrette labouring through it.
A Wanderer in Paris
E. V. Lucas