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wicket

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wicket  \Wick"et\,  n.  [OE.  wiket,  OF  wiket,  guichet  F.  quichet; 
  probably  of  Scand.  origin;  cf  Icel.  v?k  a  small  creek, 
  inlet,  bay,  vik  a  corner.] 
  1.  A  small  gate  or  door,  especially  one  forming  part  of  or 
  placed  near  a  larger  door  or  gate;  a  narrow  opening  or 
  entrance  cut  in  or  beside  a  door  or  gate,  or  the  door 
  which  is  used  to  close  such  entrance  or  aperture.  Piers 
  Plowman.  ``Heaven's  wicket.''  --Milton. 
 
  And  so  went  to  the  high  street,  .  .  .  and  came  to 
  the  great  tower,  but  the  gate  and  wicket  was  fast 
  closed.  --Ld.  Berners 
 
  The  wicket,  often  opened,  knew  the  key.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  A  small  gate  by  which  the  chamber  of  canal  locks  is 
  emptied,  or  by  which  the  amount  of  water  passing  to  a 
  water  wheel  is  regulated. 
 
  3.  (Cricket) 
  a  A  small  framework  at  which  the  ball  is  bowled.  It 
  consists  of  three  rods,  or  stumps,  set  vertically  in 
  the  ground,  with  one  or  two  short  rods,  called  bails, 
  lying  horizontally  across  the  top 
  b  The  ground  on  which  the  wickets  are  set 
 
  4.  A  place  of  shelter  made  of  the  boughs  of  trees,  --  used  by 
  lumbermen,  etc  [Local,  U.  S.]  --Bartlett. 
 
  5.  (Mining)  The  space  between  the  pillars,  in  postand-stall 
  working.  --Raymond. 
 
  {Wicket  door},  {Wicket  gate},  a  small  door  or  gate;  a  wicket. 
  See  def.  1,  above.  --Bunyan. 
 
  {Wicket  keeper}  (Cricket),  the  player  who  stands  behind  the 
  wicket  to  catch  the  balls  and  endeavor  to  put  the  batsman 
  out 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wicket 
  n  1:  a  set  of  three  stumps  topped  by  crosspieces;  used  in  playing 
  cricket 
  2:  an  arch  used  in  croquet  [syn:  {hoop}] 
  3:  small  gate  or  door  (especially  one  that  is  part  of  a  larger 
  door)  [syn:  {wicket  door},  {wicket  gate}] 
  4:  small  opening  (like  a  window  in  a  door)  through  which 
  business  can  be  transacted  [syn:  {lattice},  {grille}]




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