quickset Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines
    • a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard
  2. adjective satellite grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground
    • a quickset hawthorn hedge

WordNet

Quick"set` noun
Definitions
  1. A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
Quick"set` adjective
Definitions
  1. Made of quickset.
    Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges. Walpole.
Quick"set` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer.

Webster 1913