Picket
Definition of Picket
Pick´et | n. | 1. | A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses. | | 2. | A pointed pale, used in marking fences. | | 3. | (Mil.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; - called also outlying picket. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. | | 6. | A game at cards. See Piquet. | | v. t. | 1. | To fortify with pointed stakes. | | 2. | To inclose or fence with pickets or pales. | | 3. | To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse. | | 4. | To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket. | | 5. | To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. |
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