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Definition of Bed sheet

1. Noun. Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs.

Definition of Bed sheet

1. Noun. A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Bed sheet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"202 Silk gauze shirting ; 203 Woman's shirt in silk gauze, gilt fringes ; 204 Silk gauze shirting ; 205 Silk bed- sheet.—Household Industry, women of ..."

2. A Text-book of obstetrics by Barton Cooke Hirst (1909)
"While the nurse is arranging the patient on her back with a single layer of some thin material, as a bed-sheet, spread smoothly over the abdomen, ..."

3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"When used to disinfect small rooms suspend a bed sheet from a line stretched across ... An ordinary bed sheet presenting a surface of about 2 by 2% yards is ..."

4. Ante-mortem Depositions of P. Petroff by Peter Petroff (1895)
"... and wrapped around in a bed- sheet, having only boots on; so it appeared to me that I ought to put on at least an overcoat for the sake of decency; ..."

5. Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons by Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"And what with my having a theory of my own regarding the proper way to take a vessel round a corner, and what with having to keep the wind in the bed- sheet ..."

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