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picket

/ˈpɪkɪt/

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noun

Piquet

A stake driven into the ground.

Examples :

"a picket fence"

une clôture en piquets

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noun

Mise au piquet

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

Examples :

"During the harsh military training, soldiers who disobeyed orders sometimes faced the picket as punishment. "

Pendant l'entraînement militaire rigoureux, les soldats qui désobéissaient aux ordres étaient parfois soumis à la mise au piquet comme punition.

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noun

Piquet à neige

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

Examples :

"The mountaineer used a picket to secure the rope before descending the icy slope. "

L'alpiniste a utilisé un piquet à neige pour sécuriser la corde avant de descendre la pente glacée.

sport utensil technical

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noun

Sentinelle, poste avancé

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.

Examples :

"The picket line of security guards prevented unauthorized entry into the building. "

La ligne de sentinelles des agents de sécurité a empêché l'entrée non autorisée dans le bâtiment.

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noun

Sentinelle, faction

(sometimes figurative) A sentry.

Examples :

"The first picket of security guards arrived before dawn to secure the building. "

La première sentinelle des gardes de sécurité est arrivée avant l'aube pour sécuriser le bâtiment.

military police

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noun

Piquets de grève, manifestants

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

Examples :

"Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent."

Les piquets de grève s'efforcent normalement d'être non violents.

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noun

Piquet

The card game piquet.

Examples :

"My grandparents enjoy playing a game of piquet every afternoon after lunch. "

Mes grands-parents aiment jouer une partie de piquet tous les après-midi après le déjeuner.

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verb

Piqueter, faire le piquet de grève

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

Examples :

"The striking workers decided to picket the factory gates, hoping to discourage replacement workers from entering. "

Les travailleurs en grève ont décidé de faire le piquet de grève devant les portes de l'usine, espérant décourager les remplaçants d'entrer.

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verb

Clôturer avec des pieux, garnir de pieux

To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

Examples :

"The construction crew picked the perimeter of the new schoolyard with wooden pickets to prevent trespassers. "

L'équipe de construction a clôturé le périmètre de la nouvelle cour d'école avec des pieux en bois pour empêcher les intrus.

property architecture

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verb

Attacher à un piquet

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

Examples :

"to picket a horse"

Attacher un cheval à un piquet.

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verb

Garder, surveiller

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

Examples :

"The soldiers picketed the perimeter of the training camp to prevent unauthorized entry. "

Les soldats gardaient le périmètre du camp d'entraînement pour empêcher toute entrée non autorisée.

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verb

Empaler

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

Examples :

"Historical accounts describe soldiers being cruelly picketed as a form of punishment, forced to balance on a sharpened stake for hours. "

Les récits historiques décrivent des soldats cruellement empalés comme forme de punition, forcés de se tenir en équilibre sur un pieu aiguisé pendant des heures.

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