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 

• WICKET GATE (noun)

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)