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 backset to his ambition made him more sleepless than ever, bringing on frequent attacks of asthma.

From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Eggleston, Edward

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

Many are benefited by one or another effect of the process: by the root pruning they get, by the "division," by the change of soil, by change of exposure or even by backset in growth.

From The Amateur Garden by Cable, George Washington