Meaning

noun any broad thin expanse or surface

noun paper used for writing or printing

noun bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

originFrom Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut…

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