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Definition of Backset
1. n. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
2. v. t. To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
Definition of Backset
1. Verb. (US Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backset
1. a setback [n -S] - See also: setback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backset
Literary usage of Backset
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Locomotive Up to Date by Charles McShane (1920)
"THE LOCOMOTIVE UP TO DATE Remember that the top and bottom arms of the rocker
are entirely independent of each other as regards the backset; either of them ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1896)
"backset EDDIES. The ocean circulation is made up of great eddies, which in turn
setup smaller eddies between the main current and the coastal border. ..."
3. An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the Literature of the by Philological Society (Great Britain), Philological Society (Great Britain (1861)
"... back lanes, C. back-rope, W. backs (leather) W. 1845 backs (timber) 3 1616
backset (hounds) backset, sublease, J. backset, pp, wearied, J. 1816 backset, ..."
4. American Notes and Queries edited by William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris (1890)
"In parts of Vermont, and in Connecticut as well, a backwater or currentless
backset from a stream is called a creek. This agrees very well with the Old ..."
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