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

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

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

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