Pricket

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpɹɪkɪt/

Origin

From prick + -et.

Full definition of pricket

Noun

1. (obsolete) A candle. 14th-17th c.
2. A spike for holding a single candle. from 15th c.
3. A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched. from 15th c.
• 1816, John Keats, "For there's Bishop's Teign":he can stay
  For the new-mown hay,
  And startle the dappled prickets?