thickset Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a short and solid form or stature
    compact; stocky; thick; heavyset.
    • a wrestler of compact build
    • he was tall and heavyset
    • stocky legs
    • a thickset young man
  2. adjective satellite planted or growing close together
    • thickset trees

WordNet

Thick"set` adjective
Definitions
  1. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge. Dryden.
  2. Having a short, thick body; stout.
Thick"set` noun
Definitions
  1. A close or thick hedge.
  2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. McElrath.

Webster 1913