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
Similar words: torture, torturing
Definition: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
Usage: it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
Definition: a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Similar words: strip
Definition: thin piece of wood or metal
Synonyms: picket
Definition: a vehicle performing sentinel duty
Similar words: military vehicle
Definition: vehicle used by the armed forces
Synonyms: picket
Definition: a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
Similar words: detachment
Definition: a small unit of troops of special composition
Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, sentinel, sentry, scout, spotter, watch
Definition: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
Similar words: watcher, watchman, security guard
Definition: a guard who keeps watch
Synonyms: picket
Definition: a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
Similar words: demonstrator, protester
Definition: someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
Synonyms: picket
Definition: fasten with a picket
Usage: picket the goat
Similar words: fix, fasten, secure
Definition: cause to be firmly attached
Usage: fasten the lock onto the door; she fixed her gaze on the man
Synonyms: picket
Definition: serve as pickets or post pickets
Usage: picket a business to protest the layoffs
Similar words: march, demonstrate
Definition: march in protest; take part in a demonstration
Usage: Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle