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    wicket gate
    [ noun ]
    small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
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    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.

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