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. "Heaven's wicket." "And so went to the high street,... and came to the great tower, but the gate and wicket was fast closed." "The wicket, often opened, knew the key."
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