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.
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