Meaning of picket line | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
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2. A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
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3. A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
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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Examples

“RMT union members form a picket line outside Birmingham New Street on July 27, as part of a national dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.”

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