sheeted

English

Adjective

sheeted (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. (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, [...].

Verb

sheeted

1. simple past and past participle of sheet

Anagrams

• heedest, seedeth, seethed