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PICKETING
Verb
picketing
present participle of picket
Noun
picketing (plural picketings)
The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
picketings and demonstrations
Source: Wiktionary
PICKET
Pick"et, n. Etym: [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.
2. A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
3. Etym: [Probably so called from the picketing of the horses.] (Mil.)
Definition: A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
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]
5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
6. A game at cards. See Piquet. 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.
Pick"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Picketing.]
1. To fortify with pointed stakes.
2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
5. To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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