hickwall noun3 •(UK) A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor). •(UK) A European green woodpecker (Picus viridis). •(UK, no longer used) A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.Tomtit, Blue Tomtit, Nun, Blue-cap, Blue-bonnet, Billy-biter, Hickwall, Blue Mope. One of the most impudent of an impudent lot. — 1861 formshickwalls