wicket

guichet

Ensemble de trois piquets de bois et deux petites traverses que le batteur protège au cricket.

En anglais simple : The three wooden posts and two small crosspieces that a batter protects in cricket.

• The ball hit the wicket.
• The batter stood in front of the wicket.
• They set up two wickets for the practice game.

Synonymes : stumps

Expressions courantes : hit the wicket, defend the wicket, wooden wicket

poste de gardien

Rôle du joueur placé derrière le batteur pour attraper la balle quand son équipe lance au cricket.

En anglais simple : The job of standing behind the batter to catch the ball while your cricket team bowls.

• Sam kept wicket for our team.
• Who will keep wicket in tomorrow's match?
• She took over the wicket when our keeper injured his hand.

Synonymes : wicketkeeping

Expressions courantes : keep wicket, keep the wicket

portillon, guichet

Petite porte placée dans une porte plus grande ou à côté.

En anglais simple : A small door or gate in, or beside, a larger door or gate.

• The guard opened the wicket.
• We entered through a wicket in the great wooden gate.
• A narrow wicket led into the courtyard.

Synonymes : wicket gate, small gate

Expressions courantes : wicket gate, open the wicket, small wicket

guichet

Petite fenêtre ou ouverture, parfois munie de barreaux métalliques.

En anglais simple : A small window or opening, sometimes covered with metal bars.

• The clerk spoke through the wicket.
• She passed the papers through a small wicket.
• Iron bars covered the prison wicket.

Synonymes : hatch, small window

Expressions courantes : barred wicket, ticket wicket, through the wicket