# sheeting

Pronunciation: say "SHEET-ing" US /ˈʃitɪŋ/, UK /ˈʃiːtɪŋ/

## Noun

1. Fabric woven for making bedding sheets.
   - Simple: Cloth used for making bed sheets.
   - _She bought several yards of soft sheeting for the new beds._
   - _Hotels often order plain white sheeting in bulk._
2. The flattening of a material such as dough or metal into thin sheets.
   - Simple: The making of a material into flat, thin layers.
   - _The sheeting of the dough into thin layers takes practice._
   - _Quality control begins right after the sheeting of the metal._
4. A protective facing of planks or boards fixed along an embankment.
   - Simple: A layer of wooden boards put up to protect the side of a riverbank.
   - _Engineers inspected the sheeting protecting the railway embankment._
   - _Years of flooding had weakened the sheeting along the levee._
5. In geology, the splitting of rock into sheet-like layers as a form of weathering, caused when compressive stress on the rock is released.
   - Simple: A breaking of rock into flat layers after heavy pressure on it is removed.
   - _Geologists attributed the dome's curved layers to sheeting._
   - _Sheeting near the quarry face produced thin, parallel slabs of stone._

## Verb

3. Present participle of sheet. — present participle and gerund of sheet
   - Simple: Present participle of sheet. Use this -ing form for an action happening right now.
   - _Heavy rain came sheeting across the empty parking lot._
   - _Crews were sheeting the scaffold to keep dust off the street._

## Origin

Formed from "sheet" combined with the suffix "-ing."

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