picket

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for picket

picket 🔊 /pɪˈkɪt/

picket : මුර කණ්ඩායම

picket : මුරහිටවනවා

picket : කොටු කරනවා

picket : කූඤ්ඤය

picket : දිගේලි කරනවා

picket : මුරපොළ

picket : උල

picket definition

Noun.

  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. 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.

Transitive verb.

  1. To fortify with pointed stakes.
  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.