Definitions for "Picket"
Keywords:  sharpened, stake, tether, fence, pale
A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Keywords:  sentry, outpost, outlying, troops, army
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
A pointed pole planted vertically in the ground for about two-thirds of its length. Also a sentry or body of light troops
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.
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
Keywords:  baluster, see
See BALUSTER.
a peaceful method by which striking workers publicise their action and encourage others to join them through the medium of moral persuasion, e
Keywords:  goat, fasten
fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
Keywords:  poverty, threshold, incidence
Poverty Incidence Poverty Threshold
Keywords:  piquet, game, cards, see
A game at cards. See Piquet.
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
A picket shaped tile, which may be used alone or as a border for squares creating a more intricate pattern.
A "T" shaped length of aluminum 2' to 3' long pounded or buried in the snow for protection.
Keywords:  parading, tell, dispute, front, signs
to tell others about a dispute with a business by parading in front of the business with signs.
Keywords:  corrugation, strip, pre, belts, flat
A continuous corrugation of that flat strip with pre-positioned holes. (Applicable to flat wire belts).
Keywords:  drag, label, width, bar, parallel
A method of bar code printing in which all the bars are printed at once, in parallel. The bar code appears across the width of the label. Used to be referred to as "drag."
a person employed to watch for something to happen