picket

Noun
  1. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event (synset 110290913)
    is a type of: security guard, watcher, watchman - a guard who keeps watch
    same as: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch
  2. A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack (synset 108233216)
    is a type of: detachment - a small unit of troops of special composition
  3. A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work (synset 110451534)
    is a type of: demonstrator, protester - someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
  4. A vehicle performing sentinel duty (synset 103936325)
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces
    subtypes:
  5. A wooden strip forming part of a fence (synset 103936190)
    is a type of: strip - thin piece of wood or metal
    is a part of: paling, picket fence - a fence made of upright pickets
    same as: pale
  6. 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 (synset 100424566)
    is a type of: torture, torturing - 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
    same as: piquet
Verb
  1. Serve as pickets or post pickets (synset 202527819)
    "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
    is a type of: demonstrate, march - march in protest; take part in a demonstration
  2. Fasten with a picket (synset 201291629)
    "picket the goat"
    is a type of: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached

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