DCHP-2
set DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
1 n.
a snare or trap.
See also: variation set
- 1912 But what is all this beside that which waits the runner of the trail at every "set" in those many miles.
- 1965 . . . whenever he got within a hundred yards or so of a "set" he left the trail. . . .
2 n. — West
the field or other area to be worked by a stook-threshing outfit.
- 1922 Sometimes, to finish a "set" we would burn a straw pile and work by its light. . . .
- 1963 Following the machinery were the stook teams, which loaded the sheaves from the field and drew them to the "set" where the separator had been levelled and located.
- 1912 But what is all this beside that which waits the runner of the trail at every "set" in those many miles.