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Definition of Picquets

Picquet
Picquet Pic"quet, n. See Piquet.
picquet
Piquet Pi*quet", 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.]

Meaning of Picquets from wikipedia

- Motte-Picquet (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing picquet or picquets Picket (disambiguation) Pickett (disambiguation) Piquet (disambiguation)...
- Louisa Picquet (c. 1829, Columbia, South CarolinaAugust 11, 1896, New Richmond, Ohio) was an African American born into slavery. Her slave narrative...
- François Picquet (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa pikɛ]; 4 December 1708 – 15 July 1781) was a French Sulpician priest who emigrated to Montreal, Canada...
- Lamotte or picquet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. La Motte-Picquet, LaMotte-Picquet, laMotte-Picquet, la Motte-Picquet, Lamotte-Picquet, or variation...
- Lamotte-Picquet was a French Duguay-Trouin-class light cruiser, launched in 1924, and named in honour of the 18th century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume...
- La Motte-Picquet was a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Navy. She was the fourth French vessel named after the 18th Century admiral count...
- rising of 1745. For the latter, a composite battalion of infantry ("Irish Picquets") comprising detachments from each of the regiments of the Irish Brigade...
- The picket, picquet or piquet was a form of military punishment in vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe. It consisted of the offender being...
- Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, (1 November 1720 – 10 June 1791) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. Over a career spanning 50 years, he...
- A picket (archaically, picquet [variant form piquet]) is a soldier, or small unit of soldiers, placed on a defensive line forward of a friendly position...