pricket
/ˈprɪkɪt/
noun
- A small, sharp-pointed spike or prong, especially one of several on a candlestick or similar holder.
- The old brass candlestick had a single pricket for the candle.
- The pricket on the menorah held the candle securely.
- He placed the candle firmly onto the pricket to keep it upright.
- A male deer in its second year, with unbranched antlers.
- The hunter spotted a pricket grazing near the edge of the forest.
- The young pricket stayed close to its mother.
- A pricket's antlers are simple spikes without tines.