picket line
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
picket line (plural picket lines)
- (rare) A line#Noun|line or rope#Noun|rope hold#Verb|held by one or many picket#Noun|pickets, chiefly one use#Verb|used for tether#Verb|tethering horse#Noun|horses.
- (military, rare) A barrier or fortification form#Verb|formed by pickets; a stockade.
- (military) A boundary guard#Verb|guarded by a picket (unit of soldier#Noun|soldiers).
- A boundary created by workers participating in a strike#Noun|strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass#Verb|pass.
- Italian: recinto con corda e picchetti
- Italian: palizzata
- Italian: picchetto di scioperanti
- Spanish: piquete
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