Having a short, thick body; stout.

A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.

heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"

Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.

A close or thick hedge.

planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"

The term used for tile installations that use a thick bed of mortar between tile and substrate. Generally used on older installations, while thin beds of adhesive are generally used today.