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

sheet \sheet\, n. oe. shete, schete, as. sc=ete, sc=yte,
   fr. sce'at a projecting corner, a fold in a garment akin
   to d. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, g. schoss bosom, lap, flap of
   a coat, icel. skaut, goth. skauts the hem of a garment;
   originally, that which shoots out, from the root of as.
   sce'otan to shoot. root159. see shoot, v. t.
   in general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper,
   cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an
   expanded superficies. specifically:
   a a broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for
       wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used
       as an article of bedding next to the body.
       1913 webster

             he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a
             certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been
             a great sheet knit at the four corners. --acts x.
                                                  10, 11.
       1913 webster

             if i do die before thee, prithee, shroud me
             in one of those same sheets.         --shak.
       1913 webster
   b a broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded,
       whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a
       letter; a newspaper, etc.
   c a single signature of a book or a pamphlet; in pl., the
       book itself.
       1913 webster

             to this the following sheets are intended for a
             full and distinct answer.            --waterland.
       1913 webster
   d a broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other
       substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like;
       a plate; a leaf.
   e a broad expanse of water, or the like. "the two beautiful
       sheets of water." --macaulay.
   f a sail. --dryden.
   g geol. an extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded
       between, or overlying, other strata.
       1913 webster

   2. as. sce'ata. see the etymology above. naut.
      a a rope or chain which regulates the angle of
          adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the
          wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a
          sail, or to a yard or a boom.
      b pl. the space in the forward or the after part of a
          boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern
          sheets.
          1913 webster

   note: sheet is often used adjectively, or in combination, to
         denote that the substance to the name of which it is
         prefixed is in the form of sheets, or thin plates or
         leaves; as, sheet brass, or sheet-brass; sheet glass,
         or sheet-glass; sheet gold, or sheet-gold; sheet iron,
         or sheet-iron, etc.
         1913 webster

   a sheet in the wind, half drunk. sailors' slang

   both sheets in the wind, very drunk. sailors' slang

   in sheets, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded
      but not bound; -- said especially of printed sheets.

   sheet bend naut., a bend or hitch used for temporarily
      fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an
      eye.

   sheet lightning, sheet piling, etc. see under
      lightning, piling, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
shoot a sheet in the wind both sheets in the wind in sheets sheet bend sheet lightning 
sheet piling lightning piling 

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Sheet Iron >> S Words
Sheet Iron, definition of term: Sheet Iron
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Sheet Metal >> S Words
Sheet Metal, definition of term: Sheet Metal
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Sheet Music >> S Words
Sheet Music, definition of term: Sheet Music
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Lead Sheet >> L Words
Lead Sheet, definition of term: Lead Sheet
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East Wind >> E Words
East Wind, definition of term: East Wind
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Bed Sheet >> B Words
Bed Sheet, definition of term: Bed Sheet
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Break Wind >> B Words
Break Wind, definition of term: Break Wind
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Breaking Wind >> B Words
Breaking Wind, definition of term: Breaking Wind
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Chinook Wind >> C Words
Chinook Wind, definition of term: Chinook Wind
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