wicket

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
  2. noun a small arch used as croquet equipment
  3. noun small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

Etymology

From Middle English wiket, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French wiket, from Old East Old Norse víkjask (“to move oneself, move around”), reflexive of víkja, víkva, ýkva (“to yield, turn, move, go”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną (“to yield, bend, turn”). Compare modern French guichet, ultimately from the same Old Norse source.

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