noun
wicket
WIK-it/ˈwɪkɪt/
A small opening or gateway through which something passes.
Visitors enter the garden through a wicket in the fence.
Etymology
Wiket meant a small door or gate, especially one within a larger entrance. The small-gate meaning later extended to the three sticks defended by a batsman in cricket.
In context
At each wicket, all heads were obliged to stoop
More examples
- The clerk slides my ticket through the wicket.
- She taps the croquet ball through the next wicket.
- A wicket in the large wooden door lets people through.
Forms
wicket · wickets