unsheet

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ sheet

Verb[edit]

unsheet (third-person singular simple present unsheets, present participle unsheeting, simple past and past participle unsheeted)

  1. (transitive) To remove a sheet or sheets from; to uncover.
    • 1989, Peter Kreeft, Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing:
      To unsheet the ghost, to identify the culprit, let's gather more clues.
    • 2015, Elizabeth Bowen, The Death Of The Heart, page 167:
      I had to unsheet the drawing-room for him to find this, the room having been covered ready for the sweep.