briquet

Etymology

In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (suffix forming masculine diminutives). The sword is so called due to its small size and perceived resemblance to a firelighter.

briquet means synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.“Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette.”
A small short sword or sabre of a particular European (especially French) style.“'[…]blade. I'd say an infantry sword. Briquet sabre, if I know as much as I think I do. Napoleonic.' Jenna's heart galloped. Stacks upon stacks of classics used the Napoleonic War as a backdrop. She'd been right. […]”