a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"