Setting /(?)/

Set·ting

Setting

n.
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
  2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
  3. Something set in, or inserted.
    Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.
    — Ex. xxviii. 17.
  4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
  5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel.

Phrases & Compounds
Setting coat
the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings.
Setting dog
a setter. See Setter, n., 2.
Setting pole
a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water.
Setting rule
A composing rule.