piquet

Etymology 1

From French piquet.

noun

1. (card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
   Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface. 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii
   They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light. 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine
   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. 2007, Helen Constantine, translated by Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 35

Etymology 2

noun

1. (military) Archaic form of picket.

verb

1. (military) Archaic form of picket.