piquet
piquet
Definition
pi·quet (pē kā′, -ket′)
noun
a card game for two persons, played with 32 cards
Etymology: Fr < pic, term in piquet, orig., prick, sting < piquer: see pike
piquet
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: After I had written to you yesterday, the brain being wholly extinct, I played piquet all morning with Graham.
Modifies a noun
- boat: The Royal Navy ran a free boat service around the harbor with a large open piquet boats.
