sheeting

[ shee-ting ]

/ ˈʃi tɪŋ /

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noun

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

wide muslin, chiefly for sheets.

Engineering, Building Trades. a quantity of sheet piles.

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Origin of sheeting

First recorded in 1705–15; sheet¹ + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sheeting

un·sheet·ing, adjective

Words nearby sheeting

sheet-fed, sheet feeder, sheet film, sheet glass, sheet ice, sheeting, sheet lightning, sheet metal, sheet music, sheet pile, Sheetrock

How to use sheeting in a sentence

Only two all-mountain frontside skis without alloy sheeting survived the hardpack of this year’s test hill to earn inclusion here.
Runners-Up Review: The Frontside Skis That Almost Made Our 2022 Winter Buyer’s Guide|agintzler|December 5, 2021|Outside Online
At a landfill, haulers lay trash in layers called “lifts,” sometimes lining each one with clay or plastic sheeting that prevent fluids and gases from leaching into soils and the atmosphere.
San Diego’s Landfills Are Leaking Planet-Warming Methane|MacKenzie Elmer|November 17, 2021|Voice of San Diego
To save weight, designers cut out the center of the titanium alloy sheeting sandwiched inside the base.
The Best New Skis for Powder, Groomers, and the Backcountry|jversteegh|October 26, 2021|Outside Online
Then he would lay his pipe down carefully on the sand of the cave and pass through the sheeting rain to have a look at her.
The Beach of Dreams|H. De Vere Stacpoole

He was then walking, dressed in American sheeting, having lost all his cloth in Lake Leemba.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
The tables are set up—well-worn pine boards on trestles and covered with sheeting.
The Building of a Book|Various
The loads of the oxen consisted of blankets and bedding and a small, light tent of their sheeting about four by six feet in size.
Death Valley in '49|William Lewis Manly
On the bier was a corpse, covered with a canvas sheeting that looked like a sail.
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British Dictionary definitions for sheeting

sheeting

/ (ˈʃiːtɪŋ) /

noun

fabric from which sheets are made

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Origin of sheeting

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British Dictionary definitions for sheeting