picket line

noun

1. a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.

picket line

noun

1. a line of people acting as pickets

Word History and Origins

Origin of picket line¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

“Yes, absolutely,” she said when asked about joining the Kaiser picket line.

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"We will have a strong mandate for strike action and if peoples jobs are at risk, people will turn out on the picket lines as well."

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In Edinburgh, UCU members have appeared on picket lines at several of the university's sites around the city since Monday.

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He made that comment on a recent visit to Glasgow, where he joined striking workers on a picket line.

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A system known as 'derogation' is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line where patient safety is at risk.

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Related Words

• parade 
• protest 
• sit-in 
• strike 
• walkout