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Picket

//ˈpɪkɪt// name, noun, verb

Proper Noun

Noun

1
A stake driven into the ground. countable, uncountable
"a picket fence"
2
a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake wordnet
3
A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake. countable, historical, uncountable
4
a wooden strip forming part of a fence wordnet
5
A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls. countable, uncountable

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a vehicle performing sentinel duty wordnet
7
One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function. countable, uncountable
"So confident was he that he ignored the warning of his two British advisers to post pickets to watch the river, and even withdrew those they had placed there."
8
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack wordnet
9
A sentry. countable, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable
"Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them."
10
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event wordnet
11
A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself. countable, uncountable
"Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent."
12
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work wordnet
13
The card game piquet. uncountable

Verb

1
To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment. intransitive
2
fasten with a picket wordnet
3
To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes. transitive
"One of the most striking was the silver pin presented to all members of the National Women’s Party who served time for picketting the White House for women’s suffrage."
4
serve as pickets or post pickets wordnet
5
To tether to, or as if to, a picket. transitive
"to picket a horse"

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6
To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket. transitive
7
To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. obsolete, transitive

Etymology 1

From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).

Etymology 2

From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).

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