square set

noun

, Mining.

1. a set having 12 timbers joined to form eight 90° solid angles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of square set¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

He couldn't make out his face at first but he knew him by that square-set hat.

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They rose on all sides around the lake, looking like ships with furled sails and yards square-set.

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He came back with a square set to his jaw and a hard glint in his olive eyes which gleamed like steel behind velvet.

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The square-set shoulders drooped wearily, and in the eyes was the tired, dumb look of a beaten man.

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Again the same square-set figure in the plain, soft, wide hat is riding ahead.

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