wicket
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
Other meanings
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
Related words
- on a good wicket
- single wicket
- single wicket cricket
- walking wicket
- around the wicket
- fall of wicket
- hit wicket
- keep wicket
- leg before wicket
- mid-wicket
- on a losing wicket
- over the wicket
Word history
From Old Norse "víkjask" (to move oneself, move around).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “wicket” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.