picket : Idioms & Phrases

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Inlying picket

  • (Mil.), a detachment of troops held in camp or quarters, detailed to march if called upon.
Webster 1913

picket boat

  • noun a boat serving as a picket
WordNet

Picket fence

  • noun a fence made of upright pickets
    paling.
WordNet
  • a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above.
Webster 1913

Picket guard

  • (Mil.), a guard of horse and foot, always in readiness in case of alarm.
Webster 1913

Picket line

  • noun a line of people acting as pickets
WordNet
  • . (Mil.) (a) A position held and guarded by small bodies of men placed at intervals . (b) A rope to which horses are secured when groomed.
Webster 1913

picket ship

  • noun a ship serving as a picket
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Picketpin

  • an iron pin for picketing horses.
Webster 1913