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Look up: wicket

  1. Wicket
    Person-sized door set into the main gate door.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  2. wicket
    [n] - cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces 2. [n] - a small arch used as croquet equipment 3. [n] - small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) 4. [n] - small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. wicket
    the upper leaf of a drum gate Category: Building industry
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Wicket
    Wick'et noun [ Middle English wiket , Old French wiket , guichet , French quichet ; probably of Scand. origin; confer Icelandic v...k a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a corner.] 1. A small gate or door, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/36

  5. wicket
    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.' 'And so went to the high street, . . . And cam...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. wicket
    noun small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. wicket
    wicket gate noun small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Wicket
    • (n.) A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc. • (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. • (n...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. wicket
    (from the article `cricket`) ...bowled at a tree stump or at the hurdle gate into a sheep pen. This gate consisted of two uprights and a crossbar resting on the slotted tops; the ... A wicket consists of three stumps, or stakes, each 28 inches (71.1 cm) high and of equal thickness (about 1.25 inches in diameter), stuck into the ... ....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/34

  10. Wicket
    In architecture a wicket is a small door formed in a larger one, to admit of ingress and egress, without opening the whole.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Wicket
    Device used to measure the height of a dog at the withers.
    Found on http://www.apluspetgoods.com/petsupplies

  12. Wicket
    In the sport of cricket the word `wicket` has several distinct meanings: Definitions of wicket: Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, with his bat, attempts to prevent the ball from...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket

  13. Wicket
    (retail) A `wicket`, in British English, is the place where a customer performs a transaction with a customer service representative in a retail context. In American English, equivalent terms include counter (as in over-the-counter) or point-of-sale.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket



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