[f. QUICK a. 3.] = QUICK sb. 3, QUICKSET. (Chiefly attrib.)
1473–4. Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 645. Pro … plantacione de le Whikwod.
1696. Aubrey, Misc. (1721), 104. A Pond … adjoyning to a Quick-wood-hedge.
1769. Adome Inclos. Act, 10. All the new quick-wood fences.
1800. Tuke, Agric., 91. White thorn (provincially quickwood) constitutes the most common fence throughout the Riding.
1892. J. D. Hood, Waterspouts Yorksh. Wolds, 25. Rooting up a strong quickwood fence.
