Pique-devant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pique-devant is a noun meaning (obsolete, historical) A small beard trimmed to a sharp point.
Meaning
(obsolete, historical) A small beard trimmed to a sharp point.
Example Sentences
twice double his Patrimonie hath he spent in carefull cherishing & preseruing his pickerdeuant
Wag[ner]. Sirra boy, come hither. Clo[wn]. How, boy? swowns boy, I hope you haue séene many boyes with such pickadevaunts as I haue.
In the Sinister Chief is set another sort of a full Face with a sharp pointed Beard, and is termed in Blazon, a Mans face with a Pick-a-devant, (or sharp pointed) Beard.
I have seene the Cavalier you have so often spoken of, and I thinke you judge verie rightlie of him. Hee consists wholly of a Pickedevant [in the French original: la pointe de sa barbe], and two Mustachoes: and therefore utterly to defeate him, there needes but three clippes of a paire of Cizers.
Word Forms
- pique-devants
Synonyms for pique-devant
Depending on context, synonyms include stiletto.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pique, stiletto, bearde, poinyard, razour, poinard.
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