backset

Etymology

back + set

noun

  1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
  2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
    Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow. (Can we date this quote?), Harper's Magazine

verb

  1. (US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.

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