English Explanatory Dictionary

backset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
  2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
verb
  1. To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.

Word forms

backset backsets backsetting

Etymology

From back + set.

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