Picket may refer to: *

Snow picket A snow anchor (also called a snow pro) is a type of natural or artificial protection used in mountaineering, alpine climbing and ice climbing as an anchor (climbing), anchor. Two common artificial devices are the snow fluke and snow picket. A sno ...

, a climbing tool *

Picket fence Picket fences are a type of fence often used decoratively for domestic boundaries, distinguished by their evenly spaced vertical boards, the ''pickets'', attached to horizontal rails. Picket fences are particularly popular in the United States, ...

, a type of fence *

Screw picket A screw picket is a metal device which is used to secure objects to the ground. Today, screw pickets are used widely to temporarily "picket" dogs. They are also used to graze animals such as sheep, goats, and horses. Screw pickets are also used ...

, a tethering device *

Picket line A picket line is a horizontal rope A rope is a group of yarns, Plying, plies, fibres, or strands that are plying, twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have high tensile strength and can be used for dragging and ...

, to tether horses *"Picket line" is also used in

picketing Picketing is a form of protest in which people (called pickets or picketers) congregate outside a place of work or location where an event is taking place. Often, this is done in an attempt to dissuade others from going in (" crossing the pi ...

, a form of protest **See also: " Crossing the picket line" *

Picket (military) A picket (archaically, picquet ariant form ''piquet'' is a soldier, or small unit of soldiers, placed on a defensive line forward of a friendly position to provide timely warning and screening against an enemy advance. It can also refer to any ...

, a soldier or small unit placed ahead of the main formation **

Radar picket A radar picket is a radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a nation or military (including naval) force to protect it from surprise attack, typically air attack, or from c ...

, a radar equipped vehicle on picket duty *

Picket boat A picket boat is a type of small naval craft. These are used for harbor patrol and other close inshore work, and have often been carried by larger warships as a ship's boat. They are usually 30 to 55 feet long. Patrol boats, or any craft engaged ...

, a small military boat * Picket (), a slang term to describe

cruising for sex Cruising for sex or cruising is walking or driving about a locality, called a cruising ground, in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety. Published: 11-14-2007 Published: 9-21-2005 Article from NYT about a ...

Picket (punishment) The picket, picquet or piquet was a form of military punishment in vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe. It consisted of the offender being forced to stand on the narrow flat top of a peg for a period of time. The punishment died out in ...

, a 16th and 17th century military punishment * Picket, a

fairy chess piece A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some unorthodox chess problems, known as fairy chess. Compar ...

The Flying Pickets The Flying Pickets are a British ''a cappella'' vocal group which had a List of Christmas number one singles (UK), Christmas number one hit record, hit in 1983 on the UK Singles Chart with their cover version of Yazoo (band), Yazoo's track "Onl ...

, a British a cappella vocal group *

Picket (climbing) A snow anchor (also called a snow pro) is a type of natural or artificial protection used in mountaineering, alpine climbing and ice climbing as an anchor. Two common artificial devices are the snow fluke and snow picket. A snow anchor is used bo ...

* , one of several ships of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

Places

Picket Hill Picket Hill is a hamlet next to Picket Post in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to th ...

Picket Piece Picket Piece is a small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Andover lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west from the village. The village has expanded rapidly since 2015 with several new roads and house buildi ...

Picket Post Picket Post is a road junction and service area in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies on the A31 road. Facilities Picket Post is located on the A31 dual carriageway which passes through the New Forest. It is situated ...

, a road junction and service area in the New Forest National Park *

Picket Range The Picket Range is a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the northwestern part of the American state of Washington. It is entirely contained within North Cascades National Park. It is about long, running northwest–south ...

, a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades *

Picket Seamount Picket may refer to: * Snow picket, a climbing tool * Picket fence, a type of fence * Screw picket, a tethering device * Picket line, to tether horses *"Picket line" is also used in picketing, a form of protest **See also: " Crossing the picket li ...

Picket Twenty Picket Twenty is a suburb of Andover, in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The centre of Andover lies to the (2.6 km) north-west of the suburb. For much of its existence it was a free-standing hamlet. History On the 1888 O ...