picketing

pick·et  (pkt)

n.

1. A pointed stake often driven into the ground to support a fence, secure a tent, tether animals, mark points in surveying, or, when pointed at the top, serve as a defense.

2. A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy's approach: "The outlying sonar picket.... was to detect, localize, and engage any submarine trying to close the convoy" Tom Clancy.

3.

a. A person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to express grievance or protest and discourage entry by nonstriking employees or customers.

b. A person or group of persons present outside a building to protest.

v. pick·et·ed, pick·et·ing, pick·ets

v.tr.

1. To enclose, secure, tether, mark out, or fortify with pickets.

2.

a. To post as a picket.

b. To guard with a picket.

3. To post a picket or pickets during a strike or demonstration.

v.intr.

To act or serve as a picket.

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[French piquet, from Old French, from piquer, to prick; see pique.]

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picket·er n.

Translations

picketing [ˈpɪkɪtɪŋ] n → organización f de piquetes

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picketing [ˈpɪkɪtɪŋ] picket n → Aufstellen nt von Streikposten