Word of the Day – Charrette

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.”