picket line
nounEtymology
From picket (“stake driven into the ground; soldier or small unit of soldiers assigned to perform a duty; protester positioned outside a workplace, etc., during a strike; the protest itself”) + line.
Definitions
A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
A barrier or fortification formed by pickets
A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
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A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace…
A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
- RMT union members form a picket line outside Birmingham New Street on July 27, as part of a national dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
The neighborhood
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