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headsheet

American  
[hed-sheet] / ˈhɛdˌʃit /

noun

Nautical.
  1. foresheet.

  2. headsheets, foresheet.


Etymology

Origin of headsheet

1350–1400; Middle English. See head, sheet 2

Example Sentences

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Have the bed, and headsheet, &c., ready, 10.

From Early English Meals and Manners by Furnivall, Frederick James

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