sheeting

[shee-ting]

noun

1. the act of covering with or forming into a sheet or sheets. sheet.

2. wide muslin, chiefly for sheets. sheet.

3. Engineering, Building Trades.,  a quantity of sheet piles.

sheeting

/ ˈʃiːtɪŋ /

noun

1. fabric from which sheets are made

Other Word Forms

• unsheeting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheeting¹

First recorded in 1705–15; sheet ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The external walls of the soaring residential towers were covered in bamboo scaffolding and wrapped in netting and plastic sheeting.

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On Thursday a fire broke out, burning a hole through the sheeting covering the venue and causing 13 smoke inhalation injuries.

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After the fire broke out, orange flames burned a hole through the sheeting that covers the venue, which is in a former aerodrome.

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Beigbeder said that such learning centres, often located in schools or near displacement camps, consisted of metal structures covered with plastic sheeting or of tents.

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The Dodgers will, so that was Friedman late Friday night, drenched in celebratory alcohol after a championship series sweep, sloshing through pools of liquid forming on plastic sheeting.

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Related Words

• bedding 
• pillowcase