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Synonyms for quickset

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwik-set
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪkˌsɛt

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Définition of quickset

Origin :
  • "formed of living plants," 1530s, from quick (adj.) + set (v.).
  • As in hedge : noun boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants
Example sentences :
  • The quickset hedges on either side were only waist high and did not shelter him.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth Queen » by Ford Madox Ford
  • It was like falling from a quickset hedge on to a bundle of thorns.
  • Extract from : « The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville » by Alexis De Tocqueville
  • That last jolt, that laid us against the quickset hedge, has done my business.
  • Extract from : « She Stoops to Conquer » by Oliver Goldsmith
  • As the English were the assailants, the precaution of posting the archers behind the quickset hedge would have proved unnecessary.
  • Extract from : « The Battaile of Agincourt » by Michael Drayton
  • Our gardens were at that time separated only by quickset hedges, so that it was easy to see into each others grounds.
  • Extract from : « The Looking-Glass for the Mind » by M. Berquin
  • They both jumped into this quickset hedge, and the author shuts his eyes and follows them.
  • Extract from : « Who was the Commander at Bunker Hill? » by Samuel Swett
  • She never ceased to press, to her, the important question, and to keep him in what he used to call a "quickset hedge."
  • Extract from : « Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) » by William Howitt
  • He was a short, thick man of enormous physical strength, and he sported a beard like a quickset hedge, hence his nickname.
  • Extract from : « The Woman from Outside » by Hulbert Footner
  • On commons and reclaimed land they took the place of the quickset hedges seen around richer farm lands.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle
  • There's a quickset hedge beyond, along the glebe that belongs to the vicarage.
  • Extract from : « Wandering Ghosts » by F. Marion Crawford

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