Understanding the meaning of picket

picket

/'pɪkɪt/

noun
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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Similar:

lookout lookout man scout sentinel sentry spotter watch

type of:
watcher security guard watchman
noun
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
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piquet

type of:
torturing torture
noun
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
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Similar:

pale

type of:
strip

part of:
paling picket fence
noun
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
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type of:
detachment
noun
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
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type of:
protester demonstrator
noun
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
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type of:
military vehicle
verb
fasten with a picket
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"picket the goat"

type of:
fasten secure fix
verb
serve as pickets or post pickets
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"picket a business to protest the layoffs"

type of:
march demonstrate

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