PIQUET

picket, piquet

(noun) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

piquet

(noun) a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

piquet (uncountable)

(card games) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.

Anagrams

• equipt

Etymology

Proper noun

Piquet (plural er-noun or Piquets)

A surname.

Anagrams

• equipt

Source: Wiktionary


Piqu"et, n.

Definition: See Picket. [R.]

Pi*quet", n. Etym: [F., prob. fr. pique. See Pique, Pike, and Picket.]

Definition: A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside. [Written also picket and picquet.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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