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語源

Horses on a beach tethered to a picket line (sense 1).

Employees of the BBC forming a picket line (sense 4) in front of Broadcasting House in Bristol, UK, during a strike in May 2005.

From picket (“stake driven into the ground; soldier または small unit of soldiers assigned to perform a duty; protester positioned outside a workplace, etc., during a strike; the protest itself”) + line.^[1]

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkɪt laɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkɪt ˌlaɪn/
• ハイフネーション: pick‧et line

名詞

picket line (複数形 picket lines)

1. (rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
2. (military, rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
3. (military) A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
4. A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
   • 2022 August 10, “Network News: RMT's Lynch raises the prospect of a General Strike”, in RAIL, number 963, page 7, photo caption:

     RMT union members form a picket line outside Birmingham New Street on July 27, as part of a national dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.

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