- sceatlíne
- f (-an/-an) sheet by which a sail is trimmed to the wind, the rope fastened to the lower end of a sail
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
sceatlíne
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sheet — sheet1 sheetless, adj. sheetlike, adj. /sheet/, n. 1. 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… … Universalium
sceaclíne — see sceatlíne … Old to modern English dictionary
sheet — {{11}}sheet (n.1) O.E. sciete (W.Saxon), scete (Mercian) cloth, covering, from P.Gmc. *skautijon, from base *skauta project (Cf. O.N. skaut corner of cloth, Goth. skauts seam, hem of a garment; Du. schoot Ger. Schoß bo … Etymology dictionary
sheet — I [[t]ʃit[/t]] n. 1) a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric used as an article of bedding, commonly in pairs, with one below and one above the sleeper 2) a broad, relatively thin surface, layer, or covering: a sheet of ice[/ex] 3) a… … From formal English to slang
sheet — sheet1 [shēt] n. [ME schete < OE sceat, piece of cloth, lappet, region, akin to Ger schoss, lap, ON skaut, lappet: for prob. IE base see SHOOT] 1. a large, rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc., used on a bed, usually in pairs, one under… … English World dictionary
