Clues for the word "PICKET"

We've had 22 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 29 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on June 21, 2026.

Definition of picket

n. - A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
n. - A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
n. - A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
n. - By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
n. - A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
n. - A game at cards. See Piquet.
v. t. - To fortify with pointed stakes.
v. t. - To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
v. t. - To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
v. t. - To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
v. t. - To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.