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pickets definition and meaning
n.
A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
n.
A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
n.
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
n.
By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
n.
A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
n.
A game at cards. See Piquet.
v. t.
To fortify with pointed stakes.
v. t.
To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
v. t.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
v. t.
To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
v. t.
To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Crossword clues for pickets
- Fence stake
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- Type of fence
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