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

"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

If you find anything that will enable me to give that gentleman a financial backset I’ll see that you get a handsome reward.

From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by Flagg, James Montgomery

Each crew must accept the backset of its accidents.

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