Picket

n.	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.	(Mil.) 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.
	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 a - (Mil.) 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.
v. t.	1.	To fortify with pointed stakes. [imp. & p. p. Picketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Picketing.]
	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.

Noun	1.	picket - a person employed to watch for something to happen Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch
	2.	picket - a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
	3.	picket - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
	4.	picket - a vehicle performing sentinel duty
	5.	picket - a wooden strip forming part of a fence Synonyms: pale
Verb	1.	picket - serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
	2.	picket - fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"

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