Backset
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Backset is a noun meaning A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Meaning
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
More Meanings
- Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
- (US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
Example Sentences
Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.
Word Forms
- backsets
- backsetting
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include distance, column, rebound, retrocession, regredience, back-ganging.
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