wicket
wicket - English
Noun
wicket ( plural wickets )
A small door or gate , especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening , sometimes fitted with a grating .
( Britain ) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
( cricket ) 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.
( cricket ) A dismissal ; the act of a batsman getting out .
( cricket ) The period during which two batsmen bat together .
( cricket ) The pitch .
( cricket ) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
( croquet ) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
( skiing , snowboarding ) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
( US, dialect ) A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
( mining ) The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
( Internet , informal) An angle bracket when used in HTML .
( veterinary ) A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs .
Translations
small window or other opening
cricket: wooden structure at each end of the pit
cricket: period during which two batsmen bat together
cricket: area around the stumps where the batsmen stand
skiing: attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to
shelter made from tree boughs
mining: space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working
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