单词 | garden wicket |
释义 | > as lemmasgarden wicket garden wicket n. a small door or gate in, or leading into, a garden. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. viii. 24 Of Lectuce, the Greeks haue set downe three kinds: whereof the first riseth vp with so large and broad a stalke, that..little garden wickets [Fr. portes aux iardins; L. ostiola olitoria] were commonly made thereof. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 2 Sept. 604 I rode up to the garden-wicket of a cottage. 1998 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 18 Aug. 3 A garden wicket made of branches and twigs..will open the way to a tile platform. < as lemmas |
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