Piquet

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪˈkÉ›t/, /pɪˈkeɪ/
• Rhymes: -É›t

Alternative forms

• picquet (obsolete), picket

Origin

From French piquet.

Full definition of piquet

Noun

1. (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.
• 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light.
• 2007, Helen Constantine, trans. Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin 2007, p. 35:We shall together challenge the Chevalier de Belleroche to piquet; and, while we are winning money from him, we shall have the even greater pleasure of hearing you sing with your charming teacher, to whom I shall propose it.

Anagrams

• equipt