picket




picket - noun

  • 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

    • picket - verb

    picket - thesaurus

    lookout   pale   piquet   scout   sentinel   sentry   spotter   watch