(n)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, Syn.piquet
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n. [ F., prob. fr. pique. See Pique, Pike, and Picket. ] 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]