Meaning

3 senses
  1. (historical, uncountable)A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.

    1812, George Crabbe, Tales, London: J. Hatchard, Tale 4, “Procrastination,” p. 73, When he, with thickset coat of Badge-man’s blue, Moves near her shaded silk of changeful hue;

    1829, anonymous contributor, “A Day at Fontainebleau.—The Royal Hunt,” The Monthly Magazine, New Series, Volume 7, No. 37, January 1829, p. 12, His breeches were of the homeliest thickset;

  2. (countable, historical)A piece of clothing made from this fabric.

  3. (countable, obsolete)A thick hedge.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom is a thickset man.

    ruТом — коренастый мужчина.

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Origin

From thick + set.

From thick + set.

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Forms

plural: thicksets

See also

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