pickets is a form of:

Picket



noun
1.
(រដ្ឋាភិបាល) កូដករជំទាស់, ហាមឃាតមិនអាចឈប់ធ្វើបាតុកម្ម
  • picket a factory
    - ធ្វើកូដកម្មនៅមាត់ទ្វាររបងរោងចក្រ (ដើម្បីរារាំងកម្មករមិនអោយចូលធ្វើការ)
  • picket fence
    - ចម្រឹងរបង
  • picket line
    - ជួរមនុស្សបាតុកម្ម
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
2.
A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
3.
A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
4.
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
5.
A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
6.
A game at cards.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To fortify with pointed stakes.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.