quickset hedge
1Quickset hedge — A quickset hedge is a type of hedge created by planting live hazel or whitethorn (common hawthorn) cuttings directly into the earth. Once planted, these cuttings root and form new plants, creating a dense hedge. The technique is ancient, and the… …
2quickset hedge — noun chiefly Britain : a hedge or thicket planted for ornamentation or as a boundary marker and typically made up of English hawthorn …
3Hedge (barrier) — A hedge is a line of closely spaced shrubs and bushes, planted and trained in such a way as to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area. Hedges, especially those used to separate a road from adjoining fields or one field from another,… …
4quickset — [kwik′set΄] n. Chiefly Brit. 1. a live slip or cutting, as of hawthorn, planted with others to grow into a hedge 2. a hedge, as of hawthorn …
5Quickset — Quick set , v. t. To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] …
6hedge — [n] boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hedgerow, hurdle, protection, quickset, screen, shrubbery, thicket, windbreak; concepts 429,470 hedge [v1] avoid, dodge beat around the bush*, be… …
7Quickset — Quick set , n. A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn. [1913 Webster] …
8quickset — /kwik set /, n. Chiefly Brit. 1. a plant or cutting, esp. of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge. 2. such plants collectively. 3. a hedge of such plants. adj. 4. formed of quickset, or of growing plants. [1400 50; late ME; see QUICK, SET] * * * …
9quickset — /ˈkwɪksɛt/ (say kwikset) noun 1. a plant or cutting (especially of hawthorn) set to grow, as in a hedge. 2. such plants collectively. 3. a hedge of such plants. –adjective 4. formed of quickset, or of growing plants. {late Middle English} …
10hedge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shrubbery, hedgerow. See vegetable, enclosure. v. evade; protect, shelter; hem in, obstruct; temporize. See compensation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fence, hedgerow, thornbush, shrubbery, enclosure,… …
