picket line

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noun

a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.

Origin of picket line

First recorded in 1855–60

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Examples from the Web for picket line

Historical Examples

Carleton often rode through them, and out on the picket-line.
Charles Carleton Coffin
William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
Wallace stationed his picket-line close to the enemy's works.
From Fort Henry to Corinth
Manning Ferguson Force
One day the guard brought in a suspicious character from the picket-line.
Whip and Spur
George E. Waring
They sweep away the Rebel picket-line as if it were a cobweb.
The Boys of '61
Charles Carleton Coffin.
“I never liked pipe-smoking on the picket-line,” said Merton.
A Diplomatic Adventure
S. Weir Mitchell

British Dictionary definitions for picket line

picket line

noun

a line of people acting as pickets

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Examples from the Web for picket line

Historical Examples

Carleton often rode through them, and out on the picket-line.

Wallace stationed his picket-line close to the enemy's works.

One day the guard brought in a suspicious character from the picket-line.

They sweep away the Rebel picket-line as if it were a cobweb.

“I never liked pipe-smoking on the picket-line,” said Merton.

picket line

Origin of picket line