picket
Fence post stake
A picket is a pointed stake driven into the ground, used for fencing or tethering animals.
The meaning extends to a person stationed outside a workplace during a strike to discourage others from entering: Picketers blocked the factory entrance.
To picket is to protest in this way.
A picket fence is a row of pointed wooden slats, an emblem of suburban domesticity.
In military use, a picket is a soldier or group posted to watch for the enemy.
Guard on duty
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- outpostRemote military station
- watchPortable timekeeping device
scout · lookout · surveillance · reconnaissance · advance · perimeter · defense · fortification
Public display of opinion
- placardNotice on a board
- signMark conveying information
- strikerOne who hits targets
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
march · line · crossing · union · solidarity · grievance · banner · megaphone
sentry
Guard on duty
watch · scout · lookout · surveillance · reconnaissance · advance · perimeter · defense · fortification · garrison
demonstration
Public display of opinion
chant · march · line · crossing · union · solidarity · grievance · banner · megaphone · resistance
boundary
Line marking a limit
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
slat · whitewash · gate · yard · suburban · paling · railing · pointed · wooden · post
post
Vertical structural beam
timber · driven · tethering · hitching · surveyor · marker · peg · anchor · support · erect
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, strike action, coal strike, labor strike
- union actionsstrike vote, union election, union vote, walkout, general strike
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- laborlabor, labor union, work, labor force, laborers
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
picketscab
Dried blood crust
strikebreaker · cross the line · work through · management · replacement worker
picketsit-in
Protest by remaining seated
boycott · work-to-rule · walkout · compliance · occupation
- picket fenceSlatted wooden yard barrier
- white picket fenceTraditional property divider
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- picket signHandheld demonstration board
- picketing workersEmployees protesting at worksite
- picket dutyGuard or protest post
pickets, picketing, picketed, picketer, picket line, picket fence, picket lines, picket fences