Associations to the word «Repechage»

Wiktionary

REPÊCHAGE, noun. Alternative spelling of repechage
REPECHAGE, noun. (sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.

Dictionary definition

REPECHAGE, noun. A race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race.

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