Picket
Encyclopedia
Picket may refer to:
- Picketing (protest), a form of protest
- A climbing tool used to anchorAnchor (climbing)In rock climbing, an anchor can be any way of attaching the climber, the rope, or a load to rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building by either permanent or temporary means...
a rope - Picket fencePicket fenceA picket fence is a variety of fence that has been used mostly for domestic boundaries. Until the introduction of advertising on fences in the 1980s, a Cricket field was also usually surrounded by a picket fence, giving rise to the expression rattling the pickets for a ball hit firmly into the...
- Screw picketScrew picketA screw picket is a metal device used to secure something to the ground. Today, screw pickets are used widely to temporarily "picket" dogs and grazing animals such as sheep, goats, and horses...
, a tethering device - Picket linePicket lineA picket line is a horizontal rope, along which horses are tied at intervals. The rope can be on the ground, at chest height , or overhead. The overhead form usually is called a high line....
, to tether horses - Picket (military)Picket (military)In military terminology, a picket refers to soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance. It can also refer to any unit performing a similar function...
, a military formation - PicketFairy chess pieceA fairy chess piece or unorthodox chess piece is a piece analogous to a chess piece. It is not used in conventional chess, but is used in certain chess variants and some chess problems...
, a piece in fairy chess - Picket PoolPicket pool-Definition:Picket pools are a form of sports betting based on a short timeframe. The public's increasing interest in this type of pool is fostered by March Madness and the Superbowl. A picket is a pool that can be completed on-line whereby the participant predicts the outcome of each game in the...
, a micro betting pool
- PicquetPicquetThe picquet was a method of torture used as military punishment in vogue in late medieval Europe.The punishment of the picquet required placing a stake in the ground with the exposed end facing upward. The exposed end had a rounded point. The malefactor was typically a junior officer who had...
, a medieval military punishment