picket (n)
piquet#1 (n)

n00423563

type n
lex_filenum 04
def a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
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Hypernym torture, torturing
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Hyponym torture, torturing

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