picket
noun
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Synonymspalea 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
Synonymspiquet
verb
serve as pickets or post pickets
“picket a business to protest the layoffs”
fasten with a picket
“picket the goat”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
