Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/March 13

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picket line n

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