picket

piquet de grève, gréviste

Personne qui manifeste devant un lieu de travail pendant une grève, ou cette manifestation elle-même.

En anglais simple : A person protesting outside a workplace during a strike, or the protest itself.

• Pickets stood outside the factory.
• The union organized a peaceful picket at the gate.
• Drivers refused to cross the picket line.

Synonymes : protester, striker

Expressions courantes : picket line, peaceful picket, join a picket

piquet

Pièce étroite en bois ou en métal plantée dans le sol, souvent pour former une clôture.

En anglais simple : A narrow piece of wood or metal fixed in the ground, often as part of a fence.

• One picket was broken.
• He hammered a wooden picket into the ground.
• We painted every picket in the garden fence white.

Synonymes : stake, pale

Expressions courantes : picket fence, wooden picket, drive a picket

faire le piquet de grève

Se tenir devant un lieu de travail avec d’autres travailleurs pour protester pendant une grève.

En anglais simple : To stand outside a workplace with other workers to protest during a strike.

• Workers picketed the factory.
• The union plans to picket outside the hospital tomorrow.
• They have been picketing the gates all week.

Comment l'utiliser : picket something (The workers picketed the factory.); picket outside something (Union members picketed outside the main office.)

Expressions courantes : picket a factory, picket outside something, picket the gates

attacher à un piquet

Attacher un animal à un piquet pour l’empêcher de s’éloigner.

En anglais simple : To tie an animal to a stake so it cannot wander away.

• We picketed the horses.
• He picketed his pony beside the tent.
• The animals were picketed to wooden stakes overnight.

Comment l'utiliser : picket something to something (They picketed the horses to stakes near the camp.)

Synonymes : tether, tie up

Contraires : untether

Expressions courantes : picket a horse, picket to something