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REPECHAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repechage mean?
• REPECHAGE (noun)
The noun REPECHAGE has 1 sense:
1. a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
Familiarity information: REPECHAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("repechage" is a kind of...):
race (a contest of speed)
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