wicket-gaten.

Brit.

/ˈwɪkɪtɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈwɪkᵻtˌɡeɪt/

Etymology: gate n.¹

= wicket n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > small or lesser

hatchOE

wicketa1300

wicket-gate1362

portal1706

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 92 To wynne vp þe wiket-ȝat þat þe wey schutte.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 10 That side of the Slough, that was..next to the Wicket-gate .

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §316 A wicket gate, separating the yard from the passage.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxxiii. 258 A garden, whence a wicket-gate opened into a small paddock.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 4 She..opened the little wicket-gate which led to the vicarage garden, passed in.

figurative.1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxii. 213 So Nero deliberately chose the evil and refused the good, and the narrow wicket-gate of repentance was closed behind him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wicket-gate
释义	wicket-gaten. Brit. /ˈwɪkɪtɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈwɪkᵻtˌɡeɪt/ Etymology: gate n.¹ = wicket n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > small or lesser hatchOE wicketa1300 wicket-gate1362 portal1706 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 92 To wynne vp þe wiket-ȝat þat þe wey schutte. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 10 That side of the Slough, that was..next to the Wicket-gate . View more context for this quotation 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §316 A wicket gate, separating the yard from the passage. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxxiii. 258 A garden, whence a wicket-gate opened into a small paddock. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 4 She..opened the little wicket-gate which led to the vicarage garden, passed in. figurative.1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxii. 213 So Nero deliberately chose the evil and refused the good, and the narrow wicket-gate of repentance was closed behind him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1362
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