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picket

noun
  1. 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
    piquet
  2. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
    pale
  3. a vehicle performing sentinel duty
  4. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
  5. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
    watchlookoutspotterlookout mansentinelsentryscout
  6. a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
verb
  1. fasten with a picket
    “picket the goat”
  2. serve as pickets or post pickets
    “picket a business to protest the layoffs”