piquet
Meanings
Noun
1. stake, picket
2. a school punishment in which a student has to remain standing for some time by a tree or a wall, usually in the corner of the classroom (education)
Examples3
Comptes-tu rester là planté comme un piquet ?
Are you just going to stand there like a lemon?
Les sentinelles se tenaient droites comme des piquets et immobiles.
The sentries stood bolt upright and stock-still.
Les protestataires faisaient le piquet à l'extérieur du siège de la société.
Protesters were picketing outside the company's headquarters.