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setts

/sɛts/

Translations

settverb

setts

setted

Past Simple

setted

Past Participle

setting

Gerund

/sɛt/

Chiefly British mining usage: to lease ground for mineral extraction.

settnoun

setts

/sɛt/

The ancient sett was discovered by archaeologists.

Древнее поселение было обнаружено археологами.

The badger returned to its sett after foraging.

Барсук вернулся в свою нору после кормежки.

Additional translations

Synonyms

settverb

Chiefly mining, transitive: to lease (land or mineral rights) to miners under agreed conditions.

The duchy regularly setts small plots to independent prospectors.

settnoun

A burrow or system of tunnels in the ground made by a badger.

The badger retreated into its sett as the sun began to rise.

A small rectangular paving stone used in road surfaces.

The old street was lined with setts, giving it a charming, rustic appearance.

In textiles, the pattern or arrangement of stripes and colours that makes up a tartan.

The designer chose a traditional clan sett for the fabric.

Mining: a piece of land or the right to work minerals in a specified area that is leased to miners under certain conditions.

He acquired a tin sett on the moor and began operations the following spring.