Associations to the word «Piquet»

Wiktionary

PIQUET, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

PIQUET, noun. A card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards.
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.

Wise words

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