Meaning of star picket | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of pointed metal fence post, consisting of three stips of metal at equal angles to each other.

Australia

Examples

“1997, Queensland University Staff, International Trade⟳ & Business Law Annual, Volume 3, footnote, page 198, The significance of Y-bar steel is that it is used to produce⟳ star picket posts by cutting the steel into fence post⟳ lengths and drilling holes through which wire will pass⟳. Star picket fencing is the most popular form⟳ of rural fencing used in Australia.”

“In this case, BHP was the sole domestic manufacturer of a steel fence post⟳ known as a star picket, which it produced from an intermediate steel product called a Y bar.[…]QWI sought supplies of Y bar from BHP in order⟳ to manufacture⟳ its own⟳ star picket fence posts and thereby be in a position to deliver⟳ a full range of products to large consumers at competitive prices.”

“In a competitive market, a refusal to supply⟳ QWI with Y-bar would not have⟳ prevented QWI from becoming a manufacturer or wholesaler of star pickets.[…]Refusing supply⟳, unconstrained by the possibility that supply⟳ could be obtained from a competitor, for the purpose of preventing QWI from becoming a manufacturer or wholesaler of star pickets was an exercise of market power.”

“Then I levelled the sand and lightly packed soil with the rake and shovel and put⟳ in a star picket to indicate⟳ where it was.”

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