Толковый словарь английского языка - wicket
Wicket
wicket
noun Etymology: Middle English wiket, from Anglo-French, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse vīk inlet, corner Date: 13th century a small gate or door, an opening like a window, 3. either of the two sets of three stumps topped by two crosspieces and set 66 feet apart at which the ball is bowled in cricket, an area 10 feet wide bounded by these ~s, one innings of a batsman, an arch or hoop in croquet
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n. 1 Cricket a a set of three stumps with the bails in position defended by a batsman. b the ground between two wickets. c the state of this (a slow wicket). d an instance of a batsman being got out (bowler has taken four wickets). e a pair of batsmen batting at the same time (a third-wicket partnership). 2 (in full wicket-door or -gate) a small door or gate esp. beside or in a larger one or closing the lower part only of a doorway. 3 US an aperture in a door or wall usu. closed with a sliding panel. 4 US a croquet hoop. Phrases and idioms at the wicket Cricket 1 batting. 2 by the wicket-keeper (caught at the wicket). keep wicket Cricket be a wicket-keeper. on a good (or sticky) wicket colloq. in a favourable (or unfavourable) position. wicket-keeper Cricket the fieldsman stationed close behind a batsman's wicket. Etymology: ME f. AF & ONF wiket, OF guichet, of uncert. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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