Phrase guide
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noun
A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a line of people acting as pickets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: line
History
From picket (“stake driven into the ground; soldier or small unit of soldiers assigned to perform a duty; protester positioned outside a workplace, etc., during a strike; the protest itself”) + line.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
