Definition of wickets Wickets

/wɪˈkʌts/ - [wikuts] -

We found 3 definitions of wickets from 2 different sources.

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What does wickets mean?

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  • wickets (Noun)
    Plural of wicket.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: wickets

wicket - small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
  lattice, grille
  opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
wicket - small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
  wicket door, wicket gate
wicket - a small arch used as croquet equipment
  hoop
wicket - cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
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  • wicket (Noun)
    A small door or gate, especially one associated with a larger one.
  • wicket (Noun)
    A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
  • wicket (Noun)
    One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
  • wicket (Noun)
    A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
  • wicket (Noun)
    The period during which two batsmen bat together.
  • wicket (Noun)
    The pitch.
  • wicket (Noun)
    The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
  • wicket (Noun)
    Croquet Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
  • wicket (Noun)
    A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
  • wicket (Noun)
    An angle bracket when used in HTML.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • wicket (n.)
    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.
  • wicket (n.)
    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.
  • wicket (n.)
    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.
  • wicket (n.)
    The ground on which the wickets are set.
  • wicket (n.)
    A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.
  • wicket (n.)
    The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • wicket
    A small door in the gate of a fortress, for use by foot-passengers when the gate is closed.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • wicket
    A small door in the gate of a fortified place, affording a free passage to the people without opening the great gate.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • wicket
    A casement; also a little door.

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