sheeted
English
Adjective
sheeted (not comparable)
- Covered by a sheet, as of cloth or paper.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- `Shall I raise thee,' she said, apparently addressing the corpse, `so that thou standest there before me, as of old? I can do it,' and she held out her hands over the sheeted dead, while her whole frame became rigid and terrible to see, and her eyes grew fixed and dull.
- (road haulage, rail transport) Secured by a special tarpaulin.
- This load must be well roped and sheeted to be safe.
- 1960 September, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Western Lines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 564:
- [...] Brush No. D5504 was first seen in charge of a rake of sheeted mineral wagons at midday on July 6, [...].
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