Picket

Picket may refer to:

Picket (climbing), a metal rod used for mountaineering
Picket (military), an advance group for a larger military body. In Rock climbing, an anchor can be any way of attaching the climber the rope or a load to rock ice steep dirt or a building by either permanent or temporary means In military terminology a picket (archaically picquet, not to be confused with the punishment Picquet) refers to soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a
Picket, a vertical plank of a picket fence
Picket, the act of picketing
Wilson Pickett, an American singer
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, an American singer

A picket fence is a variety of Fence that has been used mostly for domestic boundaries Wilson Pickett ( March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B / Rock and Roll and soul Robert George Pickett ( February 11, 1938 &ndash April 25, 2007) was an American singer who found fame under the name Bobby "Boris"

Dictionary

-noun

A stake driven into the ground.
A tool in mountaineering, that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
A protest organized by a labour union.
Soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance. It can also refer to any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.

-verb

to protest organized by a labour union. Typically in front of the location of employment.

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