ecarte









ecarte


noun

  1. a card game for two players.

noun

  1. a card game for two, played with 32 cards and king high
  2. ballet
    1. a body position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body
    2. (as adjective)the écarté position
n.

card game for two played with 32 cards, 1824, from French écarté, literally “discarded,” past participle of écarter “to discard,” from e- (see ex-) + carte (see card (n.)).

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