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
It was like falling from a quickset hedge on to a bundle of thorns.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de
A little white gate stood in the quickset hedge, which Lady Isobel opened, and there, in a pretty rustic garden, was a white-washed cottage with a thatched roof and old-fashioned casement windows.
From 'Me and Nobbles' by Le Feuvre, Amy
I saw her just now by the quickset beyant, in her velvet hat and feathers, and my lord saw her too, no doubt.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
The devil let her go immediately, and she fell into a quickset hedge on the bank of a river; her hair fell disheveled over her neck and shoulders.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
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