Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
picket-line , 2. - noun The rope with which an animal is tethered to a picket-pin.
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Examples
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At the next picket-rope, though, and the next, and the next, the horses remained asleep, even when she cut her thumb and bit off a yelp.
The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990
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Never taking her eyes off the horse, she sliced at the picket-rope, feeling in front of her blade to see how far she had cut.
The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990
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With hands as steady as if she were grinding herbs in her own house she slit the picket-rope as she had the others.
The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990
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Her arms and legs trembled so that she was afraid to touch the picket-rope, but her mind was as clear as the Winespring Water.
The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990
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Smith had said; but he talked to him reassuringly as the horse jumped to the end of his picket-rope and stood snorting and trembling in fright, and finally laid his hand upon his neck and back.
'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916
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He went on with his work of throwing a hitch around Tubbs with his picket-rope.
'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916
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She invariably led them off whenever she could escape her picket-rope.
The Mountains Stewart Edward White 1909
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She invariably led them off whenever she could escape her picket-rope.
The Mountains 1904
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Horse did not see her till she was within twenty feet; then he gave a start that swung the tightened picket-rope up into the air, and snorted gently.
Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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He slapped the belly of his horse Tyee, who gambolled away to the limit of his picket-rope.
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories Owen Wister 1899
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