'Backset' definitions:
Definition of 'Backset'
From: GCIDE
- Backset \Back"set`\ (b[a^]k"s[e^]t`), n. [Back, adv. + set.]
- 1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water. [1913 Webster]
- Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow. --Harper's Mag. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Backset'
From: GCIDE
- Backset \Back"set`\, v. t. To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.] [1913 Webster]