Regatte

//ɹɪˈɡɑːte// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of regatta form-of, plural

    "Three days of festivities included regatte and war games."

  2. 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."

Etymology

From the Italian regatte, the plural form of regatta.

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