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charette

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cha⋅rette

[shuh-ret]
–noun
charrette.

char⋅rette

[shuh-ret]
–noun
a final, intensive effort to finish a project, esp. an architectural design project, before a deadline.
Also, charette.


Origin:
1965–70; < F: cart, OF, equiv. to char chariot, wagon (see car 1 ) + -ette -ette, from the idea of speed of wheels
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