SHEET
Sheet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheeting.]
1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. "The sheeted dead." "When snow the pasture sheets." Shak.
2. To expand, as a sheet. The star shot flew from the welkin blue, As it fell from the sheeted sky. J. R. Drake. To sheet home (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible.
SHEET ANCHOR Sheet" an"chor. Etym: [OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sceótan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See Shoot, v. t.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; — called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
2. Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
SHEET CABLE
Sheet" ca"ble. (Naut.)
Defn: The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
SHEET CHAIN
Sheet" chain". (Naut.)