pickets

1. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated eventSynonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch

2. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attackSynonyms: picket

3. a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of workSynonyms: picket

4. a vehicle performing sentinel dutySynonyms: picket

5. a wooden strip forming part of a fenceSynonyms: pale, picket

6. 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 stakeSynonyms: picket, piquet