piquet¹ /pi-ketˈ, -kāˈ/

A game for two with 32 cards, with scoring for declarations and tricks

picket, also piquet or picquet /pikˈit/

1. A person or group stationed to watch and dissuade those who go to work during a strike
2. A small outpost, patrol, or body of men set apart for some special duty
3. Picket-duty
4. A pointed stake or peg driven into the ground, eg for fortification, tethering, military punishment or surveying
5. A surveyor's mark
6. The old military punishment of standing on one foot on a pointed stake

1. To deal with as a picket or by means of pickets
2. To place pickets at or near
3. To post as a picket
4. To tether to a stake
5. To strengthen or surround with pickets
6. To peg down
7. To subject to the picket

To act as picket

pickˈeter noun

A person who pickets in a labour dispute

pickˈet-duty noun

picket fence noun (US)

A fence made of pales

pickˈet-guard noun

A guard kept in readiness in case of alarm

picket line noun

A line of people acting as pickets in a labour dispute

picket out

(in a labour dispute) to close or bring to a standstill by picketing

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