picket line

noun

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 in a Sentence

She joined her coworkers on the picket line.

Recent Examples on the Web

Boeing workers from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing production facility on the day of a vote on a new contract proposal during an ongoing strike in Renton, Washington, U.S. October 23, 2024. —Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

Boeing factory workers voted against the company’s latest contract offer and remain on the picket lines six weeks into a strike that has stopped production of the aerospace giant’s bestselling jetliners. —David Koenig, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024

Zoom in: When the autoworkers went on strike, the president even walked the picket line — essentially the opposite move to invoking Taft-Hartley. —Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024

Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility on October 24, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. —Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

picket line

noun

1

: a position held by a line of military pickets

2

: a line of individuals (as striking workers or protestors) who are demonstrating against a business, organization, or institution

Legal Definition

picket line

noun

: a line of people picketing a business, institution, or organization