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Meaning of Picketing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
  2. A picket fence.
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Equivalents

العربية التّرابط
हिन्दी धरना

Examples

“picketings and demonstrations”
“The city is surrounded by picketings, and guarded by forts on the outside, and has since been very strongly fortified.”
“The enemy, posted among the houses of the French inhabitants and the picketings of their gardens, were advanced upon gallantly by Majors Graves and Madison, and dislodged in the face of a heavy fire.”
“He therefore strengthened that place as much as possible, with bags of flour and sand, which was so effectual that the picketings in that place sustained no material injury.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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