quickset
Americannoun
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a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
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such plants collectively.
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a hedge of such plants.
adjective
noun
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a plant or cutting, esp of hawthorn, set so as to form a hedge
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such plants or cuttings collectively
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a hedge composed of such plants
adjective
Etymology
Origin of quickset
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at quick, set
Example Sentences
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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
The row of beech look very well indeed, and so does the young quickset hedge in the garden.
From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh
The little garden a-bloom in front was encircled by a white paling fence and a quickset hedge.
From A Woman's Burden by Fergus Hume
Now I can understand that a railway company has excellent reasons for planting quickset hedges alongside its permanent way.
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The quickset hedges on either side were only waist high and did not shelter him.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford Madox Ford
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