English to English
picket
('p/I/k/I/t
)
noun (n)
- a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack(noun.group)source: wordnet30
- a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a vehicle performing sentinel duty(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- serve as pickets or post pickets(verb.social)Example:
Picket a business to protest the layoffs.
source: wordnet30 - fasten with a picket(verb.contact)Example:
Picket the goat.
source: wordnet30 - To fortify with pointed stakes.(verb)source: webster1913