PIQUET

 Dictionary entry overview: What does piquet mean? 

• PIQUET (noun)
  The noun PIQUET has 2 senses:

1. a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
2. 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

  Familiarity information: PIQUET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIQUET (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

piquet; picket

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)