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

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

Of course such a backset could not long deter Percy from flying.

From The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck by Langworthy, John Luther

"He's backset and foreset," she said in a low tone.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir