Found 3 items, similar to Picket.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: picket tiang pancang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: picket picket n 1: a person employed to watch for something to happen [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout] 2: a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack 3: a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work 4: a vehicle performing sentinel duty 5: a wooden strip forming part of a fence [syn: pale] picket v 1: serve as pickets or post pickets; “picket a business to protest the lay-offs” 2: fasten with a picket; “picket the goat”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Picket Picket \Pick"et\, n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See Pike, and cf. Piquet.] 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses. [1913 Webster] 2. A pointed pale, used in marking fences. [1913 Webster] 3. [Probably so called from the picketing of the horses.] (Mil.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [Cant] [1913 Webster] 5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. [1913 Webster] 6. A game at cards. See Piquet. [1913 Webster] Inlying picket (Mil.), a detachment of troops held in camp or quarters, detailed to march if called upon. Picket fence, a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above. Picket guard (Mil.), a guard of horse and foot, always in readiness in case of alarm. Picket line. (Mil.) (a) A position held and guarded by small bodies of men placed at intervals. (b) A rope to which horses are secured when groomed. Picketpin, an iron pin for picketing horses. [1913 Webster] Picket \Pick"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Picketing.] 1. To fortify with pointed stakes. [1913 Webster] 2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales. [1913 Webster] 3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse. [1913 Webster] 4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket. [1913 Webster] 5. To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]