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

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

This was certainly a big "backset," and one they had not dreamed of.

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

The passing of each day under the new conditions which Zura's coming had brought about marked for both of us either a decided growth or a complete backset.

From The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan by Little, Frances, [pseud.]