Cricket. A set of three sticks called stumps, fixed upright in the ground, and surmounted by two small pieces of wood called bails (bail, n.4 2)…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > wicket (8) wicket1662 Cricket. A set of three sticks called stumps, fixed upright in the ground, and surmounted by two small pieces of wood called bails (bail, n.4 2)… stick1829 Cricket. One of the three stumps of a wicket. Chiefly in plural: the wicket. timber1840 transferred. Applied to any object familiar to the speaker, composed wholly or chiefly of wood, as †a spear-shaft; †a bowl; a ship; the stocks (slang… gate1851 Cricket. The space between the bat and the batter's body; (formerly also) the wicket. castle1959 Cricket. The wicket a batter defends. Subcategories:— stump (2) — bail (1) |
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