Wicket
English Meaning
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.
- A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.
- A small window or opening, often fitted with glass or a grating.
- A sluice gate for regulating the amount of water in a millrace or canal or for emptying a lock.
- Sports In cricket:
- Sports Either of the two sets of three stumps, topped by bails, that forms the target of the bowler and is defended by the batsman.
- Sports A batsman's innings, which may be terminated by the ball knocking the bails off the stumps.
- Sports The termination of a batsman's innings.
- Sports The period during which two batsmen are in together.
- Sports See pitch2.
- Games Any of the small arches, usually made of wire, through which players try to drive their ball in croquet.
