Picket (military)
WordNet
noun
(1) 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
(2) A wooden strip forming part of a fence
(3) A vehicle performing sentinel duty
(4) A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
(5) A person employed to watch for something to happen
(6) A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
verb
(7) Fasten with a picket
"Picket the goat"
(8) Serve as pickets or post pickets
"Picket a business to protest the layoffs"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A stake driven into the ground.
- A picket fence.
- A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
- A tool in mountaineering, that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
- Soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance. It can also refer to any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
- Pickets warned of enemy troops approaching from the west.
- A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
- Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent.
Verb
- to protest organized by a labour union. Typically in front of the location of employment.