picketing

[ pik-it-ing ]
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adjective
  1. standing or marching, usually while holding a placard or sign, in front of a workplace, embassy, etc., as during a strike or demonstration: Local people have dropped off food supplies and newspapers for the picketing workers outside the plant.

  2. Military, Navy, Air Force. acting as a guard in front of other troops or vessels to warn against an enemy advance: The enemy made us defend every inch, and it wasn’t long before our picketing troops ahead were engaged.The British squadrons had been weakened by the ambush on their picketing submarines.

noun
  1. the act of standing or marching with placards or signs in front of a workplace, embassy, etc., as during a strike or demonstration: Peace activists instituted regular picketing of the weekly cabinet meetings and held vigils throughout the country.

Origin of picketing

1
First recorded in 1830–40; picket + -ing2 for the adjective senses; picket + -ing1 for the noun sense

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