ALL meanings of backset
back·set
B b - noun backset a setback; a reversal 3
- noun backset the distance between the edge of a door and the point at which the door handle is attached 3
- verb backset to attack from the rear 3
- verb backset to plough, in the autumn, for the second time, prairie land which was newly ploughed the previous spring 3
- noun backset a setback; relapse; reverse 3
- noun backset A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback. 1
- noun backset New England, Southern, and South Midland U.S. a setback; relapse; reverse. an eddy or countercurrent. 1
- noun backset (on a lock on a door or the like) the horizontal distance between the face through which the bolt passes and the center line of the knob stem or keyhole. 1