Meaning of picket

Definition of picket

a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
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; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"

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