regatte

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭgäʹté, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈɡɑːte/

Etymology 1

From the Italian regatte, the plural form of regatta.

Noun

regatte

1. plural of regatta
   • 2005: Bronwen Wilson, The World in Venice: Print, the City, and Early Modern Identity, page 168 (University of Toronto Press)

     Three days of festivities included regatte and war games.

Etymology 2

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Noun

regatte

1. A cravat tied in such a way that two ends of material dangle from the knot.
   • 1949: CIBA Review, volume 6, issues 61–71, page 3,022 (CIBA Limited)

     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.