Charrette
//ʃəˈɹɛt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A period of intense work, especially group work undertaken to meet a deadline. US
Etymology
Borrowed from French charrette, from Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete, from char + -ete (“diminutive”), from Latin carrus. Sense “work to meet a deadline” from French, probably from architecture students loading their work into a cart (pulled by the youngest member) on the day of an exposition.
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