Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Écarté

Écarté , noun

[French, prop. p. p. from écarter to reject, discard.]

A game at cards for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.

Also: ecarte