Sheeting

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheeting \Sheet"ing\, n.
     1. Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is
        sometimes made of double width.
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     2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of


        metal) for protecting an embankment.
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     3. The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces;
        also, material made into sheets.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheet \Sheet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sheeting}.]
     1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover
        with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. "The sheeted dead."
        "When snow the pasture sheets." --Shak.
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     2. To expand, as a sheet.
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              The star shot flew from the welkin blue,
              As it fell from the sheeted sky.      --J. R. Drake.
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     {To sheet home} (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail
        is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sheeting
       n : fabric from which bed sheets are made

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheeting":
     afghan, beam, bed linen, bedclothes, bedcover, bedding, bedsheet,
     bedspread, billet, blanket, board, boarding, buffalo robe, case,
     clapboard, clothes, comfort, comforter, contour sheet, cord,
     cordwood, counterpane, cover, coverlet, coverlid, deal, driftwood,
     eiderdown, firewood, fitted sheet, hardwood, lap robe, lath,
     lathing, lathwork, linen, log, lumber, panelboard, paneling,
     panelwork, patchwork quilt, pillow slip, pillowcase, plank,
     planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, quilt, robe,
     rug, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheet, shingle, sideboard,
     siding, slab, slat, slip, softwood, splat, spread, stave, stick,
     stick of wood, stovewood, three-by-four, timber, timbering,
     timberwork, two-by-four, weatherboard, wood