pique-devant

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small beard trimmed to a sharp point. historical,obsolete
    — Neither will I meddle with our varietie of beards, of which some are shauen from the chin like those of Turks, not a few cut short like to the beard of marques Otto, some made round like a rubbing brush, other with a pique de vant (O fine fashion!) or now and then suffered to grow long, the barbers being growen to be so cunning in this behalfe as the tailors.

词形变化

pique-devants plural pickadevant alternative pick-a-devant alternative pickadevaunt alternative pickdevant alternative pickedevant alternative pickerdevant alternative pike devant alternative pique de vant alternative

词源

Probably coined in England, from French pique (“pike, spade (cards)”) or piquer (“to prick”) + devant (“in front”)
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