PIQUET

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

picket; piquet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("piquet" is a kind of...):

torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards