écarté

American  

[ey-kahr-tey, ey-kahr-tey, ey-kar-tey] / ˌeɪ kɑrˈteɪ, eɪˈkɑr teɪ, eɪ karˈteɪ /

noun

1. a card game for two players.

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écarté British  

/ ekarte, eɪˈkɑːteɪ /

noun

1. a card game for two, played with 32 cards and king high

2. ballet

   1. a body position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body

   2. ( as adjective )

      the écarté position

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Etymology

Origin of écarté

Borrowed into English from French around 1815–25

Example Sentences

After supper, Cæsar and Captain Crouch, who had entirely recovered from his faintness, played écarté with an exceedingly dirty pack of cards.

From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles

Mike played several games of écarté, cheating openly, braving detection.

From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)

I think Mrs T has already lost about six hundred pounds at écarté before?”

From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick

I must have been seized with vertigo,—for I actually lost ten cents at écarté, ten cents which we had appropriated to the purchase of roasted chestnuts.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various