piquet

pi·quet also pic·quet  (p-k)

n.

A card game for two people, played with a deck from which all cards below the seven, aces being high, are omitted.

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[French.]

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piquet [pɪˈkɛt -ˈkeɪ]

n

(Group Games / Card Games) a card game for two people playing with a reduced pack and scoring points for card combinations and tricks won

[from French, of unknown origin; compare pique²]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	piquet - a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
	2.	piquet - 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 picket torturing, torture - 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

Translations

piquet [pɪˈket] N → piquet m