Regatte
//ɹɪˈɡɑːte// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of regatta form-of, plural
"Three days of festivities included regatte and war games."
- 2 A cravat tied in such a way that two ends of material dangle from the knot.
"The earliest cravats were simple silk ribbons tied in a bow in front. There was a second kind, the so-called regatte, representing an ordinary knot from which two long ends of ribbon hung down. The most ingenious form was the plastron, a more or less studied and compact interlacement of silk ribbon which filled the whole opening of the coat."
Example
More examples"Three days of festivities included regatte and war games."
Etymology
From the Italian regatte, the plural form of regatta.
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