Wicket

n. small door or gate; opening or small window in a door; framework of markers at which the bowler aims the ball (in Cricket); ticket office (Slang)

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, with his bat, attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket. A diagram detailing all the measurements of a wicket can be found in Appendix A of the Laws of cricket [1].
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Noun
1. cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
(hypernym) cricket equipment
2. a small arch used as croquet equipment
(synonym) hoop
(hypernym) croquet equipment
3. small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
(synonym) wicket door, wicket gate
(hypernym) gate
4. small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
(synonym) lattice, grille
(hypernym) opening
(part-meronym) stump

(n.)
The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.
  

(n.)
The ground on which the wickets are set.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.
  

A rectangular heavily constructed slab of wood and steel hinged in a counterbalanced way so as to be lying flat on the riverbed when down, and held upright by the pressure of the water when raised. Wickets are placed in a parallel line across the river. When all are in raised position, they form a wall or dam, thus backing up the water and raising it to the pool level. (TNDOT1)