The Clue
Slats for fences (7 letter answer)
The Answer
PICKETS
Tags
Notes
The answer PICKETS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Marches in protest outside a workplace
Definition
PICKET as a noun:
1. (lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket) = a person employed to watch for something to happen
2. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
3. a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
4. a vehicle performing sentinel duty
5. (picket, pale) = a wooden strip forming part of a fence
6. (picket, piquet) = a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
PICKET as a verb:
1. serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
2. fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"