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DictionarypicketPointed stake
noun / verb

picket

a pointed stake driven into the ground

A pointed picket stands firmly in the soil.

Etymology
picketFrenchsmall stake

French piquet means a small stake. The English noun preserves the pointed support driven into the ground.

More examples

  • They drove several pickets into the ground.
  • The crew picketed the boundary.
  • She is picketing the garden edge.

Forms

picket · pickets · picketed · picketing

Similar words

stake
A general pointed support driven into the ground.
post
Usually larger and not necessarily pointed.