F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle; cf. F. picorée, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by straggling soldiers.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participlePickeered ; present participle & verbal nounPickeering
Definitions
To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. Obs.
Bp. Burnet.
