Charrette (noun)
sha-ret
a final, intensive effort to finish a project, before a deadline.
1965–70; French: cart, Old French, equivalent to char chariot, wagon ( car 1 ) + -ette -ette, from the idea of speed of wheels
Example sentences
“She saw the study period as five and a half weeks of rest and a charrette of action in the last three days.”
