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.

Nearby words

sheet music, sheet pile, sheet-fed, sheet-web weaver, sheetcase, sheeting, sheetrock, sheffer's stroke, sheffield, sheffield lake, sheffield plate

Origin of sheeting

First recorded in 1705–15; sheet¹ + -ing¹

Related forms

un·sheet·ing, adjective

Definition for sheeting (2 of 3)

sheet

[ sheet ]

/ ʃit /

noun

a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.

a broad, relatively thin, surface, layer, or covering.

a relatively thin, usually rectangular form, piece, plate, or slab, as of photographic film, glass, metal, etc.

material, as metal or glass, in the form of broad, relatively thin pieces.

a sail, as on a ship or boat.

a rectangular piece of paper or parchment, especially one on which to write.

a newspaper or periodical.

Printing and Bookbinding. a large, rectangular piece of printing paper, especially one for printing a complete signature.

Philately. the impression from a plate or the like on a single sheet of paper before any division of the paper into individual stamps.

an extent, stretch, or expanse, as of fire or water: sheets of flame.

a thin, flat piece of metal or a very shallow pan on which to place food while baking.

Geology. a more or less horizontal mass of rock, especially volcanic rock intruded between strata or poured out over a surface.

Mathematics.

one of the separate pieces making up a geometrical surface: a hyperboloid of two sheets.
one of the planes or pieces of planes making up a Riemann surface.

Crystallography. a type of crystal structure, as in mica, in which certain atoms unite strongly in two dimensions to form a layer that is weakly joined to others.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with a sheet or sheets.

to wrap in a sheet.

to cover with a sheet or layer of something.

Origin of sheet

before 900; Middle English shete, Old English scēte (north), scīete, derivative of scēat corner, lap, sheet, region; cognate with Dutch schoot, German Schoss, Old Norse skaut

Related forms

sheet·less, adjectivesheet·like, adjective

Definition for sheeting (3 of 3)

sheet

[ sheet ]

/ ʃit /

noun

Nautical.

a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard.
a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail.
a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.

verb (used with object)

Nautical. to trim, extend, or secure by means of a sheet or sheets.

Origin of sheet

1300–50; Middle English shete, shortening of Old English scēatlīne, equivalent to scēat(a) lower corner of a sail (see sheet¹) + līne line¹, rope; cognate with Low German schote

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For instance, the writer has not advocated the omission of bottom bracing or sheeting.
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British Dictionary definitions for sheeting (1 of 3)

sheeting

/ (ˈʃiːtɪŋ) /

noun

fabric from which sheets are made

British Dictionary definitions for sheeting (2 of 3)

sheet

/ (ʃiːt) /

noun

a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc, generally one of a pair used as inner bedclothes

a thin piece of a substance such as paper, glass, or metal, usually rectangular in form
(as modifier)sheet iron

a broad continuous surface; expanse or stretcha sheet of rain

a newspaper, esp a tabloid

a piece of printed paper to be folded into a section for a book

a page of stamps, usually of one denomination and already perforated

any thin tabular mass of rock covering a large area

verb

(tr) to provide with, cover, or wrap in a sheet

(intr) (of rain, snow, etc) to fall heavily

Word Origin for sheet

Old English sciete; related to sceat corner, lap, Old Norse skaut, Old High German scōz lap

British Dictionary definitions for sheeting (3 of 3)

sheet

/ (ʃiːt) /

noun

nautical a line or rope for controlling the position of a sail relative to the wind

Word Origin for sheet

Old English scēata corner of a sail; related to Middle Low German schōte rope attached to a sail; see sheet 1

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see three sheets to the wind; white as a sheet.

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