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Definition of pricket in English: pricketnoun ˈprɪkɪtˈprɪkɪt 1A male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns. （双角笔直尚未生叉的）两岁雄鹿 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- A young pricket approaches and the buck reacts violently.
2historical A spike for holding a candle. 〈史〉蜡烛扦，烛台 Example sentencesExamples - Before the 17th century, when molded candles were introduced, beeswax candles were always fixed to prickets, or spikes.
- The earliest candlesticks held candles on a pricket (pointed spike) and are attributed to the 16th century.
Synonyms prong, barb, point, skewer, stake, spit, projection
OriginLate Middle English: from prick + -et1. Rhymescricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, snicket, thicket, ticket, wicket Definition of pricket in US English: pricketnounˈprɪkɪtˈprikit 1A male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns. （双角笔直尚未生叉的）两岁雄鹿 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
2historical A spike for holding a candle. 〈史〉蜡烛扦，烛台 Example sentencesExamples - Before the 17th century, when molded candles were introduced, beeswax candles were always fixed to prickets, or spikes.
- The earliest candlesticks held candles on a pricket (pointed spike) and are attributed to the 16th century.
Synonyms prong, barb, point, skewer, stake, spit, projection
OriginLate Middle English: from prick + -et. |