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Definition of "sheeting" [sheet•ing]

  • Material, such as metal or cloth, formed into or used to form sheets. (noun)
  • The act or process of providing with or forming into sheets. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sheeting" in a sentence
  • "And our master was there, in sheeting flame, slender, casual, imperturbable, with two men -- one of them a murderer -- under him to pass on and enforce his will, and with"
  • "Then the sheeting is removed and workers install drip-irrigation hoses in the beds, cover the beds with new, clear plastic, and insert the plants through the plastic by hand."
  • "They perhaps consist of a comparatively thin sheeting of snow."