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A stake driven into the ground. / (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.

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picket

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Source Word

picket

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɪkɪt/

Noun

countable uncountable historical figuratively sometimes

A stake driven into the ground. / (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.

Japanese Meaning

地面に打ち込まれた杭 / （歴史的な意味で）小さな杭の上に全体の体重をかけることで罰を与える刑罰の一種

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She used a picket to secure the tent against the wind.

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彼女は風に備えてテントを固定するために杭を使った。

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A stake driven into the ground.

a picket fence

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A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.

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(military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.

So confident was he that he ignored the warning of his two British advisers to post pickets to watch the river, and even withdrew those they had placed there.

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(sometimes figuratively) A sentry.

Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.

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