ducket

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of dovecote. First attested in the late 1900s.

Noun[edit]

ducket (plural duckets)

  1. (historical, British) A windowed, box-like structure mounted to the top or side of the brake van of a train, from which the guard has a clearer view along the railway track.
    • 1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 59:
      Access to the veranda is by means of hinged doors, and a deep ducket or projection is provided on each side to form a lookout.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

ducket (plural duckets)

  1. Obsolete form of ducat.

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

ducket

  1. second-person plural subjunctive I of ducken