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Prickets on the hearse allowed lighted tapers to burn during exequies and mass. 2.a. A male deer (esp. a fallow buck) in its second year, having straight unbranched antlers. † pricket's sister: a female fallow deer in its second year. Cf. brocket n., sorrel n.2 B.2. Capriolus, a priket.
The meaning of PRICKET is a spike on which a candle is stuck. a spike on which a candle is stuck; a candlestick with such a point; a buck in the second year of life… See the full definition
Definition of pricket in the English dictionary. The first definition of pricket in the dictionary is a male deer in the second year of life having unbranched antlers. Other definition of pricket is a sharp metal spike on which to stick a candle.Pricket is also a candlestick having such a spike.
Middle English prikke, "pointed object, something that punctures or stabs; sting of an insect; a goad; a pin or fastener; a pricking as a bodily pain or torment," from Old English prica (n.) "sharp point, puncture; minute mark made by sticking or piercing; particle, very small portion of space or time." It is a common word around the North Sea ...
pricket (plural prickets) ( obsolete) A candle. [14th–17th c.] A spike for holding a single candle. [from 15th c.] 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 174: Lighting their way with tallow candles on pewter prickets. A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched. [from 15th c.]
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pricket in American English. (ˈprɪkɪt ) noun. 1. a small spike on which to stick a candle. 2. a candlestick having such a spike. 3. a male fallow deer in his second year, with unbranched antlers.
