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

We've had many a backset before, and have come out all right again.

From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher

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