repechage.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
The use of this form of competition.
Where this word comes from
From French repêchage, from repêcher (“to fish out, rescue”), from re- (“again”) + pêcher (“to fish”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.