单词 | piquier |
释义 | † piquiern. Obsolete (historical in later use). A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman; = piker n.2 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > using pike gildena1450 pickman1547 pike1557 pikeman1566 piker1590 piquier1596 morris-pike1599 peakman1668 rapparee1690 pikanier1816 wattle-boy1832 1596 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 91 A hundreth at the most Pikeirs and Archers. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 36 The Picquier, either armed or unarmed is to be shewed and taught the carriage and vse of his pike. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 37 The good Picquier ought to learne to tosse his pike well. 1874 W. H. Ainsworth Merry Eng. II. ii. x. 118 Lined with archers, arbalestriers, and piquiers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1596 |
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