\Wick"et\, n. [OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet;
probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v?k a small creek,
inlet, bay, vik a corner.]
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.'' --Milton.
         And so went to the high street, . . . and came to
         the great tower, but the gate and wicket was fast
         closed.                               --Ld. Berners.
         The wicket, often opened, knew the key. --Dryden.
2. 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.
3. (Cricket)
   (a) 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.
   (b) The ground on which the wickets are set.
4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by
   lumbermen, etc. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
5. (Mining) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall
   working. --Raymond.
{Wicket door}, {Wicket gate}, a small door or gate; a wicket.
   See def. 1, above. --Bunyan.
{Wicket keeper} (Cricket), the player who stands behind the
   wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman
   out.