quickset

American  

[kwik-set] / ˈkwɪkˌsɛt /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.

2. such plants collectively.

3. a hedge of such plants.

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adjective

1. formed of quickset, or of growing plants.

quickset British  

/ ˈkwɪkˌsɛt /

noun

1. 1. a plant or cutting, esp of hawthorn, set so as to form a hedge

   2. such plants or cuttings collectively

2. a hedge composed of such plants

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adjective

1. composed of such plants

Etymology

Origin of quickset

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; quick, set

Example Sentences

Soon they reached the road and Hazel halted among the quickset on top of the nearer bank.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

A Funny Man There was a man of Newington,   And he was wondrous wise, He jump'd into a quickset hedge   And scratch'd out both his eyes.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

But, of course, the more comfortable way of intercourse was to talk across the quickset hedge between two gardens.

From Change in the Village by Sturt, George

The meadow was surrounded by a quickset hedge, so thick as to be an insuperable barrier.

From The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela

Our gardens were at that time separated only by quickset hedges, so that it was easy to see into each others grounds.

From The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror by Bewick, John

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• fence
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