Definition of backset

• n. - A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
• n. - Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
• v. i. - To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
• n. - A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
• n. - Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
• v. i. - To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring.