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sheet(2) (iou)



sheet noun2.

I. A garment; a cloth, a napkin. Only in OE.
II. A corner, an angle; a lower corner of a sail. Only in OE.
Nautical. A rope or chain attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing the sail or altering its direction relative to the wind. ME.
betwixt a pair of sheets (of a ship) sailing right before the wind. flowing sheet: slackened to allow free movement in the wind. three sheets to the wind very drunk. jib-sheet: see JIB noun1. mainsheet: see MAIN adjective.
Nautical. In pl. The (boarded) fore and aft sections of an open boat. Cf. FORESHEET 2, STERNSHEET 1, 3. M17.
Comb.: sheet bend a knot used for temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another; sheet-block a block or pulley through which a sheet runs.