picket
Значение (Английский)
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- A stake driven into the ground.
- A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
- A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
- One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
- A sentry.
- A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
- The card game piquet.
Синонимы
lookout man
pointed stake
advance vanguard
bank guard
Частота
Пишется через дефис как
pick‧et
Произносится как (IPA)
/ˈpɪkɪt/
Этимология (Английский)
From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).
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