thicksets

Noun

thickset (countable and uncountable, plural thicksets)

1. (countable, obsolete) A thick hedge.
   • Had Darrell been placed amidst the circumstances that make happy the homes of earnest men, Darrell would have been mirthful; had Waife been placed amongst the circumstances that concentrate talent, and hedge round life with trained thicksets and belting laurels, Waife would have been grave.1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (as Pisistratus Caxton), What Will He Do with It? Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Volume 4, Book 11, Chapter 7, p. 294
2. (historical, uncountable) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
   • When he, with thickset coat of Badge-man’s blue,
     Moves near her shaded silk of changeful hue;1812, George Crabbe, Tales, London: J. Hatchard, Tale 4, “Procrastination,” p. 73
3. (countable, historical) A piece of clothing made from this fabric.
   • […] his coat was originally what is called a thickset, but out at the elbows;1785, John Trusler, chapter 17, in Modern Times: or the Adventures of Gabriel Outcast, volume 2, London: for the author, page 27

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