picket
81Inlying 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.… …
82outlying 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.… …
83picket line — noun Date: 1856 1. a position held by a line of military pickets 2. a line of people picketing a business, organization, or institution …
84picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor. [1865 70] * * * …
85picket fence — a fence consisting of pickets or pales nailed to horizontal stringers between upright posts. Also called paling, paling fence. [1790 1800, Amer.] * * * …
86picket line — a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets. [1855 60] * * * …
87picket fence — noun A simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars …
88picket line — noun a) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses. b) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade …
89picket line — people on strike, group of protesters …
90picket fence — noun (C) AmE a fence made up of a line of strong pointed sticks fixed in the ground …