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Regatte
//ɹɪˈɡɑːte// noun
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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."
Etymology
From the Italian regatte, the plural form of regatta.
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