piquet

American  

[pi-key, -ket] / pɪˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛt /

Or picquet

noun

1. a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.

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piquet British  

/ pɪˈkɛt, -ˈkeɪ /

noun

1. a card game for two people playing with a reduced pack and scoring points for card combinations and tricks won

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Etymology

Origin of piquet

From French, dating back to 1640–50; see origin at pic ², -et

Example Sentences

Pique, in piquet, the scoring of 30 points in one hand before the other side scores at all.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Leaving the left half company here with the other Engineers and the two cyclists, under Lieutenant Planck, with orders to block the road and railway bridge, I returned to my piquet line.

From The Great War in England in 1897 by Le Queux, William

Euchre is played with the "piquet" pack of thirty-two cards, consisting of the ace, king, queen, knave, ten, nine, eight and seven of each suit.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Repique, rē-pēk′, n. at piquet, the winning of thirty points or more from combinations or in one's own hand, before playing begins.—v.t. to score a repique.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

It is played with a pack of thirty-two cards, which is called a "piquet pack," all below the seven being excluded.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis