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Wicket

noun

Cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket.

A small arch used as croquet equipment. Synonym: hoop.

Small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door). Synonyms: wicket door, wicket gate.

Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted. Synonyms: grille, lattice.

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"Wicket" Quotes from Famous Books

... mother's brow had cleared off under the propitious influence of a brace of carp, most opportunely presented by a neighbour. Mr. Hale had returned from his morning's round, and was awaiting his visitor just outside the wicket gate that led into the garden. He looked a complete gentleman in his rather threadbare coat and ...

— North and South • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... than magic. The rioters rushed over to the wicket, which was fixed in the door of the shop, and fought and snarled with each other for their slender purchases of the ...

— The False Chevalier - or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette • William Douw Lighthall

... closed; a wicket is left accessible for the entrance of any cardinal who is not yet arrived; but every aperture is jealously guarded by faithful janitors, judges and prelates of various tribunals, who relieve one another. Every ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 - Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) • Various

... without its bearers being seen. It was not late, and soldiers were still returning through Gartley to the Fort. Then, again, some noise must have been caused by so bulky an object being thrust through the narrow wicket, and Mrs. Jasher, inhabiting a wooden house, which was a very sea-shell for sound, might have heard footsteps and voices. If those who had brought the mummy here—and there was more than one from the size of the case—could be discovered, ...

— The Green Mummy • Fergus Hume

... slowly to the door of the Convent. "Those golden rays that shine through the wicket," said she, "and form a cross upon the pavement within, as we often observed with schoolgirl admiration, are the only rays to gladden me now. I care no more for the light of the sun. I will live henceforth in the blessed light of the lamp of Repentigny. My mind is fixed, and I will ...

— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby

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