en-tout-cas
English
editEtymology
editFrom French en tout cas (“in any case; regardless”).
Noun
editen-tout-cas (countable and uncountable, plural en-tout-cas)
- (countable) A kind of parasol that can protect from either sunshine or rain.
- (uncountable) A clay-based surface for tennis courts, designed for rapid drainage.
- 2002, Lewis Spence, A Mountain View, page 155:
- A hundred yards down the road a splendid en-tout-cas tennis court, with a pleasant small lean-to for spectators, was hewn out of the forest.