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

Its backset, however, is caught in the yawning mouth of the race.

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

There's been a backset in Barbie for the last year—things went owre quick at the start and were followed by a wee lull; but it's only for a time, sir—it's only for a time.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas