Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small gate or door: A wicket door is a small, often secondary, opening within or beside a larger door or gate. It is designed to allow a person to pass through without opening the main, larger structure.

Usage

• The primary function of a wicket door is for convenient pedestrian access. It is commonly found in large gates, such as those for fortresses, stadiums, or secure compounds, where opening the entire gate is unnecessary or inefficient for a single person.
• It is typically a hinged door set into a larger one.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The guard exited through the wicket door in the castle's main gate.
  • Please use the wicket door to enter the garden; there's no need to open the large double gates.

Advanced Usage

• "Wicket door" is a specific architectural term. In modern contexts, it is often simply called a "wicket" or a "personnel door" within an industrial or large rolling gate.
• The concept is analogous to a "cat flap" but for human use in a much larger door.

Variants and Related Words

• Wicket (n): Often used interchangeably with "wicket door," though "wicket" can also refer to the small gates in the sport of cricket.
• Postern (n): A historical synonym, often meaning a secondary or back gate, especially in a fortification.
• Personnel door (n): A modern industrial term for a standard door built into a larger garage or gate door.

Synonyms

• Small door
• Gate within a gate
• Access door

Related Phrases

• Wicket gate: This phrase is essentially synonymous with "wicket door."

Noun

1. small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)