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Bettlaken
, Laken
, Betttuch
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Sheet
- (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
- (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
- (v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
- (v. t.) the book itself.
- (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
- (v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
- (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
- (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
- (v. t.) A sail.
- (v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like.
- (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
- (v. t.) To expand, as a sheet.
Synonyms:
Canvas, Canvass, Mainsheet, Plane, Rag, Sail, Shroud, Tabloid, Tack,
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• Sheeting
- (n.) The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
- (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
- (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheet
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