regatte

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭgäʹté, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈɡɑːte/ === Etymology 1 === From the Italian regatte, the plural form of regatta. ==== Noun ==== regatte 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 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== regatte 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.