2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
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