picket

• Nom désignant un piquet de grève ou une personne qui manifeste devant un lieu de travail, un piquet de garde ou une sentinelle, un pieu de bois pointu utilisé dans une clôture, ou une punition militaire historique.

A noun with multiple meanings, including a person or group stationed as a guard or sentinel, a protester outside a workplace, a pointed wooden stake used in fencing, or a historical military punishment.

1. WatchpersonB2formal

   A person assigned to keep watch for a specific expected event or danger.

   Personne de garde

   • The picket alerted the camp to the approaching storm.
   • A picket was stationed at the gate to watch for intruders.
   • The night picket reported no unusual activity.

   Synonymesguardlookoutscoutsentinelsentrywatchman

2. Military guardB2formal

   A small group of soldiers positioned to protect an army from a surprise attack.

   piquet de garde

   • The general sent a picket ahead to scout the terrain.
   • A picket of soldiers guarded the perimeter of the camp.
   • The picket was relieved after six hours of duty.

   Synonymesguardlookoutoutpostpatrolsentinelsentrywatch

3. Striking workerB1formal

   A protester, typically a worker, stationed outside a workplace during a labor dispute.

   Piquet de grève

   • The picket carried a sign demanding fair wages.
   • Union members formed a picket outside the factory gates.
   • The picket was arrested for blocking the entrance.

   Synonymesdemonstratorprotesterstriker

4. Sentinel vehicleC1formal

   A vehicle used to perform guard or surveillance duties.

   Véhicule sentinelle

   • The armored picket patrolled the border road.
   • A picket vehicle was stationed at the checkpoint.
   • The convoy was led by a picket jeep.

5. Fence postB1formal

   A pointed wooden stake used as part of a fence.

   Piquet de clôture

   • The fence was made of white pickets.
   • He replaced a broken picket in the garden fence.
   • The picket was painted to match the others.

   Synonymespalepalingpoststake

6. Historical punishmentC2formalbritish

   A British military punishment from the late 17th century where a soldier stood on one foot on a pointed stake.

   Piquet (châtiment militaire)

   • The soldier was sentenced to the picket for insubordination.
   • Historical records describe the picket as a brutal punishment.
   • The picket was eventually abolished due to its cruelty.

   Synonymespiquet

• Verbe désignant l'action de se tenir ou de patrouiller devant un lieu de travail ou un autre endroit dans le cadre d'une protestation ou d'une grève, souvent pour dissuader les autres d'entrer.

A verb used to indicate the act of standing or patrolling outside a workplace or other location as part of a protest or strike, often to persuade others not to enter.

1. To serve as or post picketsB2formal

   To act as a picket, typically by standing or patrolling outside a workplace or other location as part of a protest or strike.

   Faire un piquet de grève

   • The workers decided to picket the factory gates.
   • Union members picketed the company headquarters.
   • They picketed peacefully for better wages.

   Synonymesdemonstrateprotest

2. To fasten with a picketC1formal

   To secure or tie something, such as an animal, to a picket (a pointed stake driven into the ground).

   attacher à un piquet

   • The farmer picketed the horse in the field.
   • She picketed the tent to the ground with stakes.
   • They picketed the fence posts securely.

   Synonymesfastenhitchsecurestaketethertie