piqué

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A tightly woven fabric with various raised patterns, produced especially by a double warp.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Slightly soured; beginning to have an acid taste: said of wine which has been exposed to heat, or left insufficiently corked. Also pricked.
2. n. A cotton material so woven as to have a small pattern in relief, usually rather thick and stiff, used for waistcoats, children's clothing, etc.
3. n. The pattern produced by quilting with the needle, consisting of slightly raised parts between the depressions caused by the rows of stitches. Also called French quilting.
4. n. A similar pattern in slight relief obtained in weaving, as in the material called piqué (see def. 1).
5. n. Same as piqué-work.
6. In music, same as picchetato.
7. n. In billiards, a draw, with the cue held almost perpendicularly, necessitated by the nearness of the cue-ball to an obstructing ball or cushion. It often passes for a massé. See massé.

Wiktionary

1. n. A kind of ribbed or corded fabric.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.