Picket \Pick"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picketed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Picketing}.]
1. To fortify with pointed stakes.
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2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
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3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
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4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
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5. To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a
pointed stake. [Obs.]
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