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regatta|rɪˈgætə|
Also 7 regatto, 7–8 regate, 8 regata.
[It. (Venetian) regatta (and regata) ‘a strife or contention or struggling for the maistrie’ (Florio): hence also F. régate.]
1. The name given at Venice to certain boat-races held on the Grand Canal.
1652S. S. Secretaries Studie 265 The rarest [show] that ever I saw, was a costly and ostentatious triumph, called a Regatto, presented on the Grand-Canal. 1677Govt. Venice 315 Regates, are the Courses or Combats of their Boats upon the Grand Canal for a Prize, not unlike the Carrousels. 1754Drummond Trav. 84 Though I stayed in this city [Venice] longer than I could have wished, I was extremely well entertained with the sight of a regatta. 1866Howells Venet. Life (1883) II. xvii. 65 The picturesque and exciting pastime of the regatta.
2. A boat- or yacht-race, or (usually) an organized series of such races, forming a more or less prominent sporting and social event.
The first English regatta was held on the Thames on the 23rd of June 1775: see the Annual Register for that year, pp. 133 and 216.
1775Public Advertiser 24 May 2/2 The Regatta will keep at home many of our Nobility and wealthy Commoners. 1775Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 21 June, I am glad that you are to be at the regatta. 1775Newcastle Courant 16 Sept., Monday, the keelmen, the great watermen on this river, were much engaged in a Regatta. 1843E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 117 Regattas at Lowestoft, and at Woodbridge. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports 469/2 Sailing regattas are held in many of our rivers and lakes, but chiefly at Cowes, Kingstown, and other seaport towns. 1887M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike xix, He took her to race-meetings, and cricket grounds, and regattas.
attrib.1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxix, They penetrated to Cowes for the race-balls and regatta-gaieties there. 1887J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 204 Regatta-time's pleasant, Thrice pleasant is Henley in laughing July!
3. A cotton fabric, usu. made in twill; a striped garment made in this fabric. Also attrib., esp. as regatta shirt, an informal light-weight striped shirt.
1861T. Baines Jrnl. 21 July in Explorations S.-W. Afr. (1864) 59, I gave Hendrick a couple of regatta shirts and elastic braces. 1910Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 5/5 (Advt.), Woven Ginghams, Zephyrs, Regattas, and heavier grades, good for tub frocks. 1910Encycl. Brit. VII. 278/1 Regatta is a stout, coloured shirt cloth similar in make to a jeanette. It was originally made in blue and white stripes and was used largely and is still used for men's shirts. 1962B.S.I. News Jan. 8/2 The cloths are coloured-woven regatta fabrics, one of which is all cotton and the other a blend of cotton with one-third rayon staple. Ibid. 9/1 The blend has been evolved more recently; requirements for it have been based on regattas submitted to comprehensive trials by hospitals and local authorities. 1963New Yorker 1 June 115 These shirts..in regatta, sky blue..navy or red. 1972Canad. Antiques Collector Nov.–Dec. 10/1 The Langley records list substantial quantities of Chesterfields, frock coats, Scotch tweeds,..regatta shirts.
Hence reˈgatting vbl. n. (nonce-wd.)
1843Thackeray Irish Sk.-bk. x, We had talked of hunting, racing, regatting, and all other sports. |