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thickset(dictionary)
thickset(dictionary)

thickset (iou)



thickset adjective & noun. LME.
[from THICK adverb + set pa. pple of SET verb1.]
A. adjective.
Densely planted or studded (with); set or growing close together. LME.
T. Buckley They made a great fence around, with thick-set stakes. L. M. Montgomery A huge cherry-tree..so thick-set with blossoms that hardly a leaf was..seen.
Of solid or heavy build; stocky. E18.
C. Mungoshi He was short, thickset, with a bullneck.
(Of a garment) made of thickset; (of fabric) having a short thick pile. Now rare. E18.
b. noun.
A strong corduroy fabric with a short thick pile. Also, a garment made of this material. Now rare. E18.
A thicket; a thickset plantation. M18.