A rope used to tether a horse when not in use.

A pin used to fix the picket rope for a horse to the ground.

(military) A steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.

plural of screw picket

plural of picket pin

plural of picket line

plural of picket rope

plural of picket-house

plural of picket house

A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.