pickeer

[ pik-eer ]

verb (used without object)

, Obsolete.

1. to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.
2. to reconnoiter; scout; survey.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pickeer¹

1635–45; < Dutch pikeeren, variant of pikereien < French picorée < Spanish pecorea pillaging, literally, cattle-raiding, verbid of pecorear to carry off cattle, derivative of Latin pecus cattle