A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
A wooden strip forming part of a fence.
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.
1 Almost all the men on the picket line had seen combat, too.
2 They also said that they would picket polling stations on voting day.
3 Some said they were arrested at least once, sometimes at picket lines.
4 The speaker opened a gate in the picket railing and stepped inside.
5 Next morning it was back on the picket way at first light.
6 You don't need to grab a picket and sign and protest somewhere.
7 Police charged picket lines on Friday to end a blockade at Grandpuits.
8 The wind and the sleet caused a stampede at the picket line.
9 Loyalist sources have said the picket will begin within the next fortnight.
10 The protesters planned to picket the building over the next three days.
11 The Dotys lived in a two-story house and had a picket fence.
12 The only sound on the air came from the trailing picket pin.
13 The remainder of 1861 saw him doing picket duty in Fairfax County.
14 In 1918 became active worker for N.W.P., taking part in Capitol picket .
15 I never wanted the house with the picket fence and all that.
16 The picket turned at a gesture from Chad and led the way.
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