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picket lines

picket lines is the plural of picket line.

Meaning of picket line

Noun

picket line (plural picket lines)

  1. (rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
  2. (rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
  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.
    • 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.2022 August 10, “Network News: RMT's Lynch raises the prospect of a General Strike”, in RAIL, number 963, page 7, photo caption

Questions about picket lines

What is picket lines the plural of?
Picket lines is the plural of picket line.

Words near picket lines in the dictionary

  1. picket fence
  2. picket fences
  3. picket house
  4. picket houses
  5. picket line
  6. picket lines
  7. picket pin
  8. picket pins
  9. picket rope
  10. picket ropes
  11. picket-house

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