wicket gate
wicket gate noun: a small gate or door, especially one built into a large one.
Noun
wicket gate (plural wicket gates)
- A small gate or door, especially one built into a large one.
- I turned instinctively to the walk beneath my study-window, where I had seen her the evening before with her little dog, and followed the path which her dear feet had trodden so often, till I came to the wicket gate that led into her rose garden.1859 November 26 – 1860 August 25, [William] Wilkie Collins, “Walter Hartright/XV”, in The Woman in White. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published 1860, →OCLC
- No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward. She walked across the tow path to the neat green wicket gate and stepped through into the tiny garden.1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur
- Synonyms:
- wicket
wicket gate meaning in Tamil
wicket gate in Tamil
- a small gate or door, especially one built into a large one
- திட்டிவாயில் tiṭṭivāyil
Synonyms of wicket gate
Forms of wicket gate
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Questions about wicket gate
- What does wicket gate mean?
- Wicket gate means a small gate or door, especially one built into a large one.
- What is wicket gate in Tamil?
- Wicket gate in Tamil is திட்டிவாயில் (tiṭṭivāyil). See Wicket gate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wicket gate?
- Wicket gate is a noun.
- What is the plural of wicket gate?
- The plural of wicket gate is wicket gates.
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