backset

Example Sentences

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One key measurement is the backset: the distance from the edge of the door to the center of the handle.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2019

He did a good job protecting the backset and blocking shots.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2012

Each crew must accept the backset of its accidents.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

The water is backset by a mill-dam for two miles, forming a small lake.

From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

"There is no possible chance for any backset this time," said the lieutenant.

From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Castlemon, Harry