piquet

Other forms: piquets

Definitions of piquet

1. noun

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

   card game, cards

   a game played with playing cards
2. 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
   synonyms: picket

   type 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