local. [? repr. a variant *wichet of AF. wiket WICKET.] A wide ‘head’ or working-place in a coal mine; = WICKET 5 b.
1677. Phil. Trans., XII. 895. A Witchet or Cave was driven out in the middle of it upon a level for gaining of room to work.
1883. Gresley, Gloss. Coal-mining, Wichet (N[orth] W[ales]), a working place in the shape of a wide heading or board, sometimes 60 or 70 feet in width.
