English Explanatory Dictionary

picket line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
  2. A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
  3. A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
  4. A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɪkɪt laɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-picket line.wav /ˈpɪkɪt ˌlaɪn/

Word forms

picket line picket lines

Etymology

From picket (“stake driven into the ground; soldier or small unit of soldiers assigned to perform a duty; protester positioned outside a workplace, etc., during a strike; the protest itself”) + line.

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