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wicket

N ประตู เล็ก  ประตู เล็ก บน ประตู ใหญ่  pra-tu-lek

 

wicketkeeper

N ผู้ เล่น ฝ่าย ที่ ขว้าง ลูก และ คอย รับ ลูก อยู่ หลังคาน ตี  ใน กีฬา คริก เก็ต  phu-len-fai-ti-kwang-luk-lea-lab-luk-yu-lang-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WICKET

n.A small gate. The wicket, often opend, knew the key.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WICKET

Wick "et, n. Etym: [OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet;probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a corner. ]

 

1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman. "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. Ld. Berners. The wicket, often opened, knew the key. Dryden.

 

2. A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.

 

3. (Cricket ) (a ) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top. (b ) The ground on which the wickets are set.

 

4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

 

5. (Mining )

 

Defn: The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working. Raymond. Wicket door, Wicket gate, a small door or gate; a wicket. See def. 1, above. Bunyan. -- Wicket keeper (Cricket ), the player who stands behind the wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman out.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wicket

wick et |ˈwikit ˈwɪkɪt | noun 1 (also wicket door or wicket gate ) a small door or gate, esp. one beside or in a larger one. an opening in a door or wall, often fitted with glass or a grille and used for selling tickets or a similar purpose. one of the wire hoops on a croquet course. 2 Cricket each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either end of the pitch, defended by a batsman. the prepared strip of ground between these two sets of stumps. the dismissal of a batsman; each of ten dismissals regarded as marking a division of a side's innings: Darlington won by four wickets. PHRASES a sticky wicket Cricket a pitch that has been drying after rain and is difficult to bat on. [ in sing. ] informal a tricky or awkward situation: the problem of who sits where can create a sticky wicket. take a wicket Cricket (of a bowler or a fielding side ) dismiss a batsman. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense small door or grille ): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wiket; origin uncertain, usually referred to the Germanic root of Old Norse víkja to turn, move. Cricket senses date from the late 17th cent.

 

wicketkeeper

wick et keep er |ˈwikitˌkēpər ˈwɪkɪtˌkipər | noun Cricket a fielder stationed close behind a batsman's wicket and typically equipped with gloves and pads. DERIVATIVES wick et keep ing noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

wicket

wicket |ˈwɪkɪt | noun 1 Cricket each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either end of the pitch, defended by a batsman. the prepared strip of ground between these two sets of stumps. the dismissal of a batsman; each of ten dismissals regarded as marking a division of a side's innings: Darlington won by four wickets. 2 (also wicket door or wicket gate ) a small door or gate, especially one beside or in a larger one. N. Amer. an opening in a door or wall, often fitted with glass or a grille and used for selling tickets or a similar purpose. 3 N. Amer. a croquet hoop. PHRASES at the wicket Cricket 1 batting: the batsman remained at the wicket. 2 by the wicketkeeper: he was caught at the wicket chasing a wide one. keep wicket Cricket be a wicketkeeper. lose a wicket Cricket (of the batting side ) have a batsman dismissed. a sticky wicket Cricket a pitch that has been drying after rain and is difficult to bat on. informal a tricky or awkward situation: I might be on a sticky wicket if I used that line. over the wicket Cricket (referring to which side of the wicket a bowler runs when bowling ) to the left of the wicket if a right-handed bowler and the right of the wicket if a left-handed bowler. round the wicket Cricket (referring to which side of the wicket a bowler runs when bowling ) to the right of the wicket if a right-handed bowler and the left of the wicket if a left-handed bowler. take a wicket Cricket (of a bowler or a fielding side ) dismiss a batsman. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense small door or grille ): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wiket; origin uncertain, usually referred to the Germanic root of Old Norse vīkja to turn, move . Cricket senses date from the late 17th cent.

 

wicketkeeper

wicket |keep ¦er |ˈwɪkɪtkiːpə | noun Cricket a fielder stationed close behind a batsman's wicket and typically equipped with gloves and pads. DERIVATIVES wicketkeeping noun

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wicket

wick et /wɪ́kɪt /名詞 s /-ts /C 1 クリケット ウィケット , 三柱門 ; 2つのウィケットの間の部分 ; (1回の )打席 ▸ a wicket falls [is taken ]打者がアウトになる keep wicket 捕手を務める 2 (扉や門につけられた )くぐり戸 , 小門 (wicket gate [door ]).3 (駅の )改札口 ; 回転式木戸 .4 ⦅米 ⦆(切符売り場の )窓口 .5 ⦅米 ⦆クロッケー 弓形の小門 .be on a st cky w cket ⦅英 くだけて ⦆困難 [不利 ]な状況にある .

 

wicketkeeper

w cket k eper 名詞 C クリケット ウィケットキーパー 〘三柱門の後方の捕手 〙.