Wicket

wik′et, n. a small gate: one of three upright rods bowled at in cricket: a batsman's stay at the wicket: the ground where the wickets are placed.— ns. Wick′et-door , -gate , a wicket; Wick′et-keep′er , in cricket, the fieldsman who stands immediately behind the wicket. [O. Fr. wiket (Fr. guichet ), a dim. form, prob. from Ice. vik-inn , pa.p. of víkja , to move; cf. A.S. wícan , to bend.]