en-tout-cas

English

Etymology

French en tout cas (“in any case; regardless”)

Noun

en-tout-cas (countable and uncountable, plural en-tout-cas)

  1. (countable) A kind of parasol that can protect from either sunshine or rain.
  2. (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.
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