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wicket
1. a small sluicegate, esp one in a canal lock gate or by a water wheel
2. US a croquet hoop
3. 
a. Cricket either of two constructions, placed 22 yards apart, consisting of three pointed stumps stuck parallel in the ground with two wooden bails resting on top, at which the batsman stands
b. the strip of ground between these
c. a batsman's turn at batting or the period during which two batsmen bat
d. the act or instance of a batsman being got out
4. keep wicket to act as a wicketkeeper
wicket
A small door or gate, esp. one forming part of a larger one.
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There are two wicket gates along the next stretch as we follow a wire fence towards High Cliff.
Coastal route shore looks good by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Its central wicket gates direct the water into a wheel with buckets called a runner, and it is this clever gizmo that captures the mechanical energy from the moving water, sending it via a vertical shaft to a generator two stories up that converts it into the electrical energy that lets us turn on our lights at the flip of a switch.
HYDROELECTRIC BOOST by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
This year the National Trust plans to improve access to Rothley Castle by installing wicket gates in the former deer park near the layby at Rothley Crossroads.
A walk through the park to the castle by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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