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‖ piqué, n. (a.)|pike|
[F. piqué, pa. pple. of piquer (see pique v.1) to prick, pierce, backstitch as in quilting; hence as n. quilted work, quilting.]
A. n.
a. A rather stiff cotton fabric woven in a strongly ribbed or raised pattern; quilting.
[1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1871) III. iv. vii. 168 Marie-Antoinette was brought out. She had on an undress of piqué blanc.] 1852Rep. Juries Exhib. 1851, 376 1 A new fabric called piqué. 1873‘Susan Coolidge’ What Katy did at Sch. ix. 143 Lilly had dressed her hair and donned a fresh white piqué. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Piqué, a cotton goods, figured or plain, and with a crimped surface resembling cordings. 1879Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 20 Two white skirts.., hunting-cord or white piqué. 1932Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 7/5 The yoke and collar in plain white cotton-piqué. The sleeves may be slightly fitted to above the elbow, where they should be met by a..gauntlet cuff of the white piqué. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 245 Piqué,..a firm fabric with lengthwise carded effect made of cotton. Waffle piqué —with a honeycomb weave.
attrib.1871‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshm. xi. 189 The hostess..looked..charming in her white and blue piqué morning gown. 1956R. Braddon Nancy Wake iii. xv. 171 Her quaint white piqué dress.
b. The raised pattern of such a fabric (orig. such a pattern formed by regular rows of stitching, as in quilting).
1872Young Englishwoman Nov 611/1 Pique stitch crochet. 1958Times 20 Jan. 11/2 Jumper suit of pique knit jersey.
B. ppl. a.
a. Inlaid (with little points of gold, etc.). Also as n. = piqué work b: see C.
1872C. Schreiber Jrnl. 2 Nov. (1911) I. 169 We found..a small piqué plaque on tortoise-shell. 1879Ibid. 5 Dec. II. 250 A curious knife and fork... The handles are piqué, or inlaid in silver with acorns and oak leaves. 1882Hamilton Palace Collect. No. 1986 Bonbonniere of tortoise shell, inlaid with scrolls of gold piqué. 1897Daily News 5 Jan. 4/7 [Snuff-boxes] in tortoiseshell piqué with gold. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 178 Piqué, tortoise-shell or ivory inlaid with tiny dots or lines of gold or silver. This art, brought over by the Huguenots in the seventeenth century, covered brooches, buttons and ear-rings as well as small boxes. 1979Country Life 7 June (Suppl.) 113/3 Silver-gilt and tortoiseshell piqué magnifying glass, c. 1730.
b. Cookery. Larded. rare.
1846A. Soyer Gastronomic Regenerator 230 (heading) Fillet of Beef piqué aux legumes printaniers.
c. Ballet. With the point of the foot; with the foot pointed. Also as n., a step directly on to the point of the leading foot.
1913C. d'Albert Dancing 123 Piqué (pas),..de la pointe et du talon. Toe and heel points. 1931C. W. Beaumont French-Eng. Dict. Techn. Terms Classical Ballet 21 Piqué..pricked, pricking. Generally implies a shooting forward of the body on to the pointe of the front foot. 1954Ballet Ann. VIII. 65, I should also like to draw your attention to the arabesques piquées. Contrary to tradition, these should not be ‘piquées’ with the knee stretched, but with the knee flexible. The instep is arched at the beginning of the movement, but the knee is quite taut only when balance has been obtained. Ibid., By following my instructions..the ballerina is able to assume..a manner of walking which is æsthetically satisfying. Piqués and relevés are possible to her whilst in movement; her very walk is ‘melodic’. 1967Chujoy & Manchester Dance Encycl. 734/2 Piqué, in ballet, the movement of stepping directly onto point of supporting foot. The working leg may be in a variety of poses. 1975New Yorker 16 June 103/1 There were moments in this performance that stopped my breath: a high, motionless piqué balance lightly stepped into from nowhere, [etc.].
C. Comb. piqué work:
a. A kind of decorative needlework in which a pattern is formed by stitching;
b. Ornamental work in tortoise-shell or the like, formed by means of minute inlaid designs traced in points of gold, etc.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Piqué-work, a minute kind of buhl-work; inlaying metals in metals, usually. 1969Canad. Antiques Collector Oct. 19/2 It [sc. a small box] is of ivory, bound with silver with the design formed by an inlay of little points of silver known as piqué work. |