What does picketing mean?
Picketing means present participle and gerund of picket.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of picket.
picketings and demonstrations
The city is surrounded by picketings, and guarded by forts on the outside, and has since been very strongly fortified.
The enemy, posted among the houses of the French inhabitants and the picketings of their gardens, were advanced upon gallantly by Majors Graves and Madison, and dislodged in the face of a heavy fire.
He therefore strengthened that place as much as possible, with bags of flour and sand, which was so effectual that the picketings in that place sustained no material injury.
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Picketing means present participle and gerund of picket.
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picketings and demonstrations
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