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piquet — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • picket noun A person or group standing outside a workplace during a strike to protest and discourage others from entering.
  • piquet noun A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
  • stake noun A pointed piece of wood or metal driven into the ground as a marker or support.

Senses

piquet is used for these senses in English:

  • picket A stake driven into the ground.
  • picket (military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
  • piquet (card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
  • stake A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
  • stake (croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
  • tent peg A peg, driven into the ground, to hold a rope that supports a tent.

picket — full definition

  1. noun A person or group standing outside a workplace during a strike to protest and discourage others from entering.
  2. noun A pointed wooden or metal stake driven into the ground, as in a fence.
  3. verb To stand outside a workplace in protest, usually as part of a strike.

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