sett (paving)

A block of stone used for paving dressed on all six faces and having plan dimensions (ie. when looked at from above) of 50–300mm on a side and at least half the longer dimension deep, giving a squat brick-like or cubical shape.



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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