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wicket definition

wicket (wikit)

noun

  1. a small door or gate, esp. one set in or near a larger door or gate
  2. a small window or opening, as for a bank teller or in a box office
  3. a small gate for regulating the flow of water to a water wheel or for emptying a canal lock
  4. Etymology: from orig. resemblance to a gate

    Cricket
    1. either of two sets of three vertical sticks (stumps) each, with two small pieces (bails) resting on top of them
    2. the playing space between the two wickets
    3. an unplayed or unfinished inning
    4. a player's turn at bat
  5. Croquet any of the small wire arches through which the balls must be hit

Etymology: ME wiket < NormFr (for OFr guichet), dim. < MDu wijk, a curve < IE *weig- > weak

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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