picket

nounmasculine/pi.ˈkɛ.tɨ/medium

pi·que·te

Definitions

1A group of people, especially strikers, stationed outside a workplace to protest or dissuade others from entering.

The workers set up a picket line at the factory gates.

The picket was peaceful but determined.

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Common collocations

strike picketform a picketpicket line

2A pointed wooden or metal post driven into the ground.

He hammered a stake into the ground to mark the corner.

The tent is secured with stakes.

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Common collocations

tent stakewooden stakedrive a stake

Do francês 'piquet'.