Pricker

A light horseman was formerly so called. To PRICK out . An expre ion used among engineers, . signifying to mark out the ground where a camp, . is to be formed. To Prick out the line of circumvallation . This is done by the chief engineer and chief of the staff, whenever an army entrenches itself before a town, or takes po e ion of any given lot of ground, and begins to hut.