1. A card game for two players in which cards are dealt and players may discard and draw new cards to improve their hands.
Usage: Also spelled écarté; a classic 19th-century game

1. In ballet, positioned with the body turned away from the audience at an angle, with one leg extended to the side.
Usage: French ballet term; used in classical dance instruction

Examples

• They played ecarte for hours on a rainy afternoon.
• The rules of ecarte require players to discard unwanted cards and draw replacements.
• In the ecarte position, the dancer's leg extends to the side while the body angles away from the audience.
• The ballerina held the ecarte pose with perfect alignment.
• Ecarte was a popular parlor game among European nobility in the 1800s.