picket

Definitions of picket in various dictionaries:

noun - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

noun - a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

noun - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

noun - a vehicle performing sentinel duty

noun - a wooden strip forming part of a fence

noun - 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

verb - serve as pickets or post pickets

verb - fasten with a picket

A pointed stake often driven into the ground to support a fence, secure a tent, tether animals, mark points in surveying, or, when pointed at the top, serve as a defense.

A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy’s approach: “The outlying sonar picket.... was to detect, localize, and engage any submarine trying to close the convoy” (Tom Clancy).

A person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to express grievance or protest and discourage entry by nonstriking employees or customers.

A person or group of persons present outside a building to protest.

To enclose, secure, tether, mark out, or fortify with pickets.

To post as a picket.

To guard with a picket.

To act or serve as a picket.

verb - to stand outside of some location, as a business, to publicize one's grievances against it