picket line
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picket line

noun

Definition of PICKET LINE

1
: a position held by a line of military pickets
2
: a line of people picketing a business, organization, or institution

Examples of PICKET LINE

  1. She joined her coworkers on the picket line.

First Known Use of PICKET LINE

1856

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