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pickets

/ˈpɪkɪts/

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noun

Piquet

A stake driven into the ground.

Examples :

"a picket fence"

Une clôture en piquets

property material

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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 pickets as punishment, forced to stand on sharp stakes until they collapsed. "

Pendant l'entraînement militaire rigoureux, les soldats qui désobéissaient aux ordres étaient parfois soumis à la mise au piquet comme punition, forcés de se tenir sur des pieux pointus jusqu'à ce qu'ils s'effondrent.

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noun

Piquets

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

Examples :

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

L'alpiniste a enfoncé les piquets profondément dans la pente glacée pour la sécurité.

sport technical item

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noun

Sentinelles, piquets

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

Le général ordonna de placer des sentinelles autour du périmètre du camp pour surveiller tout signe de l'approche de l'ennemi.

military position war

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Sentinelle, factionnaire

(sometimes figurative) A sentry.

Examples :

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

Les agents de sécurité ont agi comme des sentinelles, surveillant les entrées pour toute activité suspecte.

military police person

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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 :

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

Pendant l'après-midi pluvieux, ils ont décidé de rester à l'intérieur et de jouer au piquet.

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verb

Piqueter, faire du piquet de grève

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

Examples :

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

Les travailleurs du syndicat ont fait du piquet de grève devant l'usine pour exiger de meilleurs salaires.

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verb

Clôturer avec des piquets

To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

Examples :

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

L'équipe de construction a clôturé le périmètre de la nouvelle aire de jeux avec des piquets en bois pour assurer la sécurité des enfants.

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.

property action

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verb

Garder, surveiller

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

Examples :

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

Les soldats gardaient la route menant à la ville, empêchant quiconque d'entrer ou de sortir.

military police war

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verb

Mettre au piquet

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

inhuman suffering war