a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
[ Syn: lookout , lookout man , sentinel , sentry , watch , spotter , scout ]
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
[ Syn: pale ]
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
[ Syn: piquet ]
picket (n.)
serve as pickets or post pickets; picket a business to protest the layoffs'
fasten with a picket; picket the goat'