quickset

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines
adjective grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground

Ah! my poor willows and quicksets! — The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift
The row of beech look very well indeed, and so does the young quickset hedge in the garden. — Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, William Austen-Leigh
There were few trees, or none, those that would have grown in the hedges being mercilessly plashed down with the quickset by the tenant-farmers, the natural enemies of tree, bush, and brake. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy

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