‖ piqueur
(pikœr)
Also anglicized as picker3.
[F., agent-n. from piquer to prick: see Hatz.-Darm.]
In France, or on the Continent, An attendant who directs the hounds during a hunt, or runs before a carriage to clear the road.
| 1835 H. Greville Diary (1883) 59, I followed a piqueur, who appeared to me to know his métier, and by keeping close to his heels I contrived to see the stag taken. 1837 J. F. Cooper Europe II. vii. 155 The piqueur scouring along the road in advance, like a rocket. 1864 M. J. Higgins Ess. 204 The postilions and piqueurs all wore round glazed hats. |