Definition: 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
Definition: a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Main entry: picket
Definition: a vehicle performing sentinel duty
Main entry: picket
Definition: a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
Main entry: lookout, lookout man, picket, sentinel, sentry, scout, spotter, watch
Definition: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
Main entry: picket
Definition: a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
Main entry: picket
Definition: fasten with a picket
Usage: picket the goat
Main entry: picket
Definition: serve as pickets or post pickets
Usage: picket a business to protest the layoffs