hospital corner

American  

noun

1. a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.

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hospital corner British  

noun

1. a corner of a made-up bed in which the bedclothes have been neatly and securely folded, esp as in hospitals

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Example Sentences

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hospital corner

If called upon, I can also execute a crisp hospital corner on a top sheet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he drove to the city and Betsy turned at the hospital corner with no interference.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene

As they came through Onabasha, Betsy turned at the hospital corner, but the Harvester pulled her around and drove toward the country.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene

Quite early in the evening, so he said,—as early as nine o'clock,—he was under the hospital corner, listening to the music further up along the bluff.

From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Deming, Edwin Willard