Piquet

Picket, peg. Picquet. Tent-peg. Inlying picquet. Portion of ‘ grand, garde ° (q.v.) in constant readine .—Piquet de tente (de campement). Tent peg.—Piquet d’attache. Picketing peg.—Piquet de repérage. Aiming post.—Piquet d’honneur. Guard of honour; troops lining the street.— Piquet béche. Iron picket used for pegging ends of gun platform.—Piquet de retenue. Simple earth holdfast.— Piquet en fer rond. Corkscrew entanglement post of iron rod.—Piquet de retraite. Short screw post for entanglements. —Piquet 4 tracer. ’Tracing peg—Piquet a vis. Screw entanglement post.—Piquet fourchu. Cleft stick. De piquet. On piquet duty.—Au piquet. In the corner, on the peg (school punishment). [p.437]