verb
- past tense of pickeer; to skirmish or engage in irregular warfare
Usage: archaic; military
Examples
- The cavalry pickeered along the enemy’s flanks.
- Small bands of soldiers pickeered in the borderlands.
- They pickeered throughout the night, harassing the main force.
- The irregulars pickeered against the advancing army.
- Local militias pickeered to disrupt supply lines.