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WICKET GATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wicket gate mean?
• WICKET GATE (noun)
The noun WICKET GATE has 1 sense:
1. small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
Familiarity information: WICKET GATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
wicket; wicket door; wicket gate
Hypernyms ("wicket gate" is a kind of...):
gate (a movable barrier in a fence or wall)
Context examples
As I passed out through the wicket gate, however, I found my acquaintance of the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A small green court was the whole of its demesne in front; and a neat wicket gate admitted them into it.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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