Wic'ket or Wicket-keeper, n.

n. [O. Fr. wiket, guischet, Pr. quisquet, N. Fr. guichet, from Icel. wik, recess, corner, A-S. wic, recess, port, D. winkel, from O. Fr. wiket, W. gwicced.] 1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in a door or gate, or the door which is used to close or open such entrance or aperture. “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. Berners. The wicket, often opened, knew the key. Dryden.

2. A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied.
3. A small gate-like frame-work, composed of three rods set vertically in the ground, with one or two other rods lying horizontally on the top, at which the ball is thrown or bowled in playing cricket.
4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees;—used by lumbermen and others. [Local U. S.] Bartlett.

Wicket-keeper, the player in cricket who stands with a bat to protect the wicket from the ball.