wicket

1. A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.
2. A small window or opening, often fitted with glass or a grating.
3. A sluice gate for regulating the amount of water in a millrace or canal or for emptying a lock.
4. Sports In cricket:
   a. Either of the two sets of three stumps, topped by bails, that forms the target of the bowler and is defended by the batsman.
   b. A batsman's innings, which may be terminated by the ball knocking the bails off the stumps.
   c. The termination of a batsman's innings.
   d. The period during which two batsmen are in together.
   e. See pitch².
5. Games Any of the small arches, usually made of wire, through which players try to drive their ball in croquet.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old North French wiket, nook, wicket; see weik-² in Indo-European roots