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