I. noun
or char·rette shəˈret
( -s )
Etymology: French charrette cart (used to transport drawings), from Old French, cart, from char wheeled vehicle + -ette — more at chariot
: the intense final effort made by architectural students to complete their solutions to a given architectural problem in an allotted time or the period in which such an effort is made
II. intransitive verb
or charrette “
( charetted or charretted ; charetted or charretted ; charetting or charretting ; charettes or charrettes )
: to exert oneself in a charette