charrette

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • Borrowed from French charrette, from Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete, from char + -ete, 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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