wicker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
  2. noun work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
    wickerwork; caning.

WordNet

Wick"er noun
Etymology
OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to AS. wican to give way. Cf. Weak.
Definitions
  1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
  2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.
    Then quick did dress His half milk up for cheese, and in a press Of wicker pressed it. Chapman.
  3. Same as 1st Wike. Prov. Eng.
Wick"er adjective
Definitions
  1. Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
    Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously. Spenser.

Webster 1913