PICKET

I. noun see: pike Date: circa 1702 a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale, 2. a detached body of soldiers serving to guard an army from surprise, a detachment kept ready in camp for such duty, sentry , a person posted by a labor organization at a place of work affected by a strike, II. verb Date: 1745 transitive verb to enclose, fence, or fortify with ~s, 2. to guard with a ~, to post as a ~, tether , 4. to post ~s at, to walk or stand in front of as a ~, intransitive verb to serve as a ~, ~er noun