thickset
set thickly or in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
studded, or furnished thickly; closely packed: a sky thickset with stars.
heavily or solidly built; stocky: a thickset young man.
a thicket.
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How to use thickset in a sentence
A former groom; born about 1767; short, thickset, wife-led, one-eyed.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheHe was a short, thickset man with white side whiskers, and looked like an infuriated Santa Claus, for he was covered with snow.
The Belted Seas | Arthur ColtonVulcan is represented as rather short and thickset, lame in one foot, with a cap on his curly head, and a hammer in his hand.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song | Florence HolbrookNearly every warrior in camp recognized the short, thickset figure and the broad, pleasant face when they presented themselves.
The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. EllisHe is swarth and thickset, and some five feet eight inches—full six inches under your own height.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill
British Dictionary definitions for thickset
/ (ˌθɪkˈsɛt) /
stocky in build; sturdy
densely planted or placed
a rare word for thicket
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