Picket

(noun.) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake.

(noun.) a wooden strip forming part of a fence.

(noun.) a vehicle performing sentinel duty.

(noun.) a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.

(noun.) a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work.

(verb.) fasten with a picket; 'picket the goat'.

(verb.) serve as pickets or post pickets; 'picket a business to protest the layoffs'.

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• They picket them here to feed at night and keep them out of sight in the timber in the daytime, he thought. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• With more or less difficulty he would be conducted to a picket rope outside and fastened there. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He never ate a mouthful of food on the journey except the grass he could pick within the length of his picket rope. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The picket lines were within a few hundred yards of each other. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A teamster would select at the picket rope five animals of nearly the same color and general appearance for his team. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Pablo shifted the picket pin finally and stood by the horse, not talking now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The most friendly relations seemed to exist between the pickets of the two armies. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Smith's divisions had encountered the rebel advanced pickets as early as half-past seven. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Of course there was frequent skirmishing between pickets, but no serious battle was fought near either Petersburg or Richmond. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The rebel pickets also said that houses in the city had been pulled down to get material to build these boats with. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Smith was selected for the delicate duty of manning the boats and surprising the enemy's pickets on the south bank of the river. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The bridge was seized by Gross's brigade after a slight skirmish with the pickets guarding it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Looking across it in the darkness, lighter here in the open from the starlight, he saw the dark bulks of the picketed horses. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I go to see how they have picketed the horses. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She picketed her steed, hung up her weapons, and warmed herself comfortably by his fire. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The enemy had the east bank of the creek strongly picketed and intrenched, and three brigades of troops in the rear to reinforce them if attacked. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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