plural of picket

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of picket

simple past tense and past participle of picket

A simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars. / A series of spaced perpendicular striations that occasionally occur in aurorae.

(rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses. / (military, rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.

plural of picket fence

(Australia) A type of pointed metal fence post, consisting of three stips of metal at equal angles to each other.

plural of star picket

A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.

(UK) A person or group of people who can be rapidly deployed to different locations in order to picket workplaces (take part in blockades or other protests) during an industrial dispute (dispute between workers and employers).