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

My mother, to whom I owe any diligence or self-reliance I may possess, is a sworn enemy of dust and an apostle of the hospital corner — the sort of person who blanches at the sight of dirty laundry and yells indignantly about abandoned cups.

From New York Times

“I can do better. . . . See? That’s a hospital corner.”

From Washington Post

The way the toy incorporates digital learning feels, to me, weirdly reminiscent of my adult life: I often use the Web to look up things like “how to open wine without a bottle opener” or “how to fold a hospital corner.”

From Slate

Then she turned to McDowell Sutro: "Will you take those to the Post-Graduate Hospital, corner of Second Avenue and Twentieth Street, for half a dollar?"

From Project Gutenberg

Today though, back on that hospital corner, Astrel Jacques is no longer encouraged.

From BBC