charrette

or cha·rette

[ shuh-ret ]

/ ʃəˈrɛt /

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noun

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

Nearby words

charpak, charpentier, charpoy, charqui, charr, charrette, charrière scale, charro, charry, chart, chart house

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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Examples from the Web for 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
I cannot accept the suggestion of a biographical Lancelot from which both the Lanzelet and the Charrette were drawn.
The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac|Jessie L. Weston
Hartmann's version is certainly not drawn from the Charrette; in Wolfram's case we can only give the verdict 'not proven.'
The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac|Jessie L. Weston
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

In the foreground is a deep sandy road with the charrette labouring through it.
A Wanderer in Paris|E. V. Lucas