Meaning of Thickset | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A thick hedge.
   countable, obsolete
2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
   historical, uncountable
3. A piece of clothing made from this fabric.
   countable, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (as Pisistratus Caxton), What Will He Do with It? Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Volume 4, Book 11, Chapter 7, p. 294, 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.”

“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;”

“[…] his coat was originally what is called a thickset, but out at the elbows;”

“I had observed that our landlord wore, on that memorable morning, a pair of bran new velveteens instead of his ancient thicksets.”

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