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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Definition of "quichet" #14181 12/30/00 06:38 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England The only definition, as such, that I could find wasn as the French word for "Wicket". A url to this definition (see "Wicket") from Webster 1913 is: http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.page.sh?PAGE=1651 Based on this, perhaps it is an old term for the gate from the race course into the birdcage? Just a guess based on the fact that quichet means wicket as in "wicket gate". HTH The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Definition of "quichet" Wispy 12/30/00 04:17 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" tsuwm 12/30/00 06:35 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" Capital Kiwi 12/30/00 06:38 PM Obstructed Greetings Father Steve 12/30/00 07:08 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" Jackie 12/30/00 11:41 PM Re: Definition of "quichet" NicholasW 01/02/01 11:03 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" belMarduk 12/31/00 12:46 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" tsuwm 12/31/00 02:31 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" Solamente, Doug. 12/31/00 04:56 PM "quichet" TEd Remington 01/01/01 11:38 AM Re: Definition of "quichet" Wispy 01/06/01 06:30 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,330 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,018 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,541 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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