Noun

(en noun)

A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title=(w) , chapter=1 citation , passage= “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.}}

Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.

* 2012 , (Simon Heffer), "In Fagin's Footsteps", Literary Review , 403:

There was, for much of the period, no cheap public transport; and even the Underground, or one of Shillibeer's horse-drawn omnibuses, was beyond the pocket of many of the poor.

(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

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She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.

(Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.

(Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.

(American Football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.

(military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

(rugby)

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Matt Stevens was crumpled by Euan Murray in another scrum, allowing Parks to kick for the corner, and when Richie Gray's clean take from the subsequent line-out set up a series of drives under the posts, Parks was back in the pocket to belt over a drop-goal to make it 9-3 at the interval.}}

A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries.

(architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

(mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

(nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

The pouch of an animal.

(bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.

Noun

(en noun)

A stake driven into the ground.

(historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.

A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.

(military) Soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance. It can also refer to any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.

* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 59:

So confident was he that he ignored the warning of his two British advisers to post pickets to watch the river, and even withdrew those they had placed there.

A sentry. Can be used figuratively.

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, chapter=26, title= The Dust of Conflict , passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket , and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.}}

A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.

* , chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}

(card games) The card game piquet.