See also:

• PIQUET

PIQUET See also:

• PIQUET PICKET

PICKET  or PICQUET (Fr. See also:

• PIQUET

piquet, a pointed stake or peg, from piquer, to point or See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce), a military See also:

• TERM

term, signifying an outpost or guard, supposed to have originated in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army about 169o, from the circumstance that an See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• COMPANY

company on outpost See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty dispersed its musketeers to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch, the small See also:

• GROUP

group of pikemen called piquet remaining in reserve . Thus at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day the word "picquet " is, in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain at any See also:

• RATE

rate, restricted to an infantry See also:

• POST

post on the outpost See also:

• LINE

line, from which the sentries or " See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups " of watchers are sent out . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States a " See also:

• PICKET, PIQUET

picket " is synonymous with a sentry, and the " picket-line " is the extreme advanced line of observation of an army . In the French army picquets are called " See also:

• GRAND

grand' gardes," and the phrase " grand guard " is often met with in See also:

• ENGLISH

English military See also:

• WORKS

works of the 17th and 18th centuries . A See also:

• BODY

body of soldiers held in readiness for military or See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police duties within the limits of a See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp or See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks is also called a picquet or " inlying picquet." These See also:

• SPECIAL

special uses of the word in English are apparently quite See also:

• MODERN

modern (after about 175o) . " Picket " in its See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary meaning of a peg or stake, has always been in See also:

• COMMON

common military use, being applied variously to the See also:

• PICKETING

picketing pegs in See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-lines, to See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long pointed stakes employed in palisades or stockades, to straight thin rods used for marking out the line of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire for guns, &c . Of the various spellings " picquet " is officially adopted in Great Britain and " picket " in the United States, but the latter is now invariably used when a peg or stake is meant . Two obsolete meanings of the word should also be mentioned . The " picket " was a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of military See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment in See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries, which consisted in the offender being forced to stand on the narrow See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of a peg for a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . The punishment died out in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and was so far unfamiliar by 'Soo that See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• PICTON, SIR

Picton, who ordered a See also:

• MULATTO (Span. and Port. mulato, diminutive of mulo, Lat. mulus, a mule, used as denoting a hybrid origin)

mulatto woman to be so punished, was accused by public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England of inflicting a See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture akin to impalement . It was thought, in fact, that the prisoner was forced to stand on the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a pointed stake, and this See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error is repeated in the New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th century, when elongated See also:

• RIFLE

rifle bullets were a novelty, they were often, and especially in See also:

• AMERICA

America, called pickets .

The ordinary military use of the word gives rise to See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound forms such as " picket See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat " or " picket See also:

• LAUNCH

launch," large See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam launch or See also:

• PINNACE

pinnace fitted with guns•and torpedoes, and employed for watching the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of harbours, &c . For picketing in strikes, &c., see below .