pricket
/ˈprɪkɪt
/noun
1A male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns.A young pricket approaches and the buck reacts violently....
- I had a white fallow pricket on the estate I'd keepered before this one, and he was gorgeous, didn't stand out as much as you might imagine in the undergrowth either.
2 historical A spike for holding a candle.The earliest candlesticks held candles on a pricket (pointed spike) and are attributed to the 16th century....
- Before the 17th century, when molded candles were introduced, beeswax candles were always fixed to prickets, or spikes.
Origin
Late Middle English: from prick + -et1.