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picket line

The correct spelling is picket line.

How to pronounce picket line

noun

IPA: /ˈpɪkɪt laɪn/

Say it like: Pik-et -lin-e

The correct spelling is picket line. A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.

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Definition

noun

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

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