/ ˈwɪkɪt; NAmE / noun ( in cricket )
1.
either of the two sets of three vertical sticks (called stumps ) with pieces of wood (called bails ) lying across the top. The bowler tries to hit the wicket with the ball.
—picture at cricket
2.
the area of ground between the two wickets
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IDIOMS
- keep wicket
—more at sticky adverb
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense small door or grille ): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wiket ; origin uncertain, usually referred to the Germanic root of Old Norse vīkja to turn, move. The current cricket senses date from the late 17th cent.