vocab

the word is "piqua"; the sentence is "il piqua vers le defaut des barbeles."

the scene is in a detention camp; the protagonist is escaping during a short circuit of the electric system;

i know that he's directing himself toward the barbed wire where the ground is uneven so there's space to crawl underneath; but

larousse has "piquer" to mean various things, including an insect's bite; but i can't figure out how to understand the sentence;

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