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Ilustración visual de pickets: Estaca - Image 1

noun

Estaca

A stake driven into the ground.

"a picket fence"

Una valla de estacas

property material

noun

Empalamiento

A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.

"During the harsh military training, soldiers who disobeyed orders sometimes faced pickets as punishment, forced to stand on sharp stakes until they collapsed. "

Durante el duro entrenamiento militar, los soldados que desobedecían las órdenes a veces se enfrentaban al empalamiento como castigo, obligados a permanecer de pie sobre estacas afiladas hasta que colapsaban.

law action history

noun

Piquetas

A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.

"The mountaineer hammered the pickets deep into the icy slope for safety. "

El montañero clavó las piquetas profundamente en la ladera helada por seguridad.

sport technical item

noun

Centinelas, piquetes

One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.

"The general ordered the pickets to be stationed around the perimeter of the camp to watch for any sign of the approaching enemy. "

El general ordenó que se estacionaran centinelas alrededor del perímetro del campamento para vigilar cualquier señal de la aproximación del enemigo.

military position war

noun

Centinela, guardia

(sometimes figurative) A sentry.

"The security guards acted as pickets, watching the entrances for any suspicious activity. "

Los guardias de seguridad actuaron como centinelas, vigilando las entradas en busca de cualquier actividad sospechosa.

military police person

noun

Piquetes, manifestantes

A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.

"Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent."

Los piquetes normalmente se esfuerzan por no ser violentos.

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noun

Piquet

The card game piquet.

"During the rainy afternoon, they decided to stay inside and play pickets. "

Durante la tarde lluviosa, decidieron quedarse adentro y jugar al piquet.

game

verb

Piquetear, hacer piquetes

To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.

"The union workers picketed the factory to demand better wages. "

Los trabajadores del sindicato hicieron piquetes frente a la fábrica para exigir mejores salarios.

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Ilustración visual de pickets: Cercar con estacas - Image 1

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verb

Cercar con estacas

To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

"The construction crew picked the perimeter of the new playground with wooden pickets to keep children safe. "

El equipo de construcción cercó el perímetro del nuevo parque infantil con estacas de madera para mantener a los niños seguros.

property architecture

verb

Atar a una estaca

To tether to, or as if to, a picket.

"to picket a horse"

Atar un caballo a una estaca.

property action

verb

Vigilar, proteger

To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.

"The soldiers picketed the road leading to the town, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. "

Los soldados vigilaron la carretera que conducía a la ciudad, impidiendo que alguien entrara o saliera.

military police war

verb

Empalar

To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

inhuman suffering war