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Definition of Fitted sheet
1. Noun. A sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress.
Definition of Fitted sheet
1. Noun. A sheet tailored to form pocket for a mattress with elastic edges that is suitable for a range of mattress sizes. The edge may also contain a drawstring to secure the sheet more firmly and enable use on a wider range of mattress thickness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fitted Sheet
Literary usage of Fitted sheet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alison and Peter Smithson: From the House of the Future to a House of Today by Alison Margaret Smithson, Peter Smithson, Dirk van den Heuvel, Max Risselada, Beatriz Colomina (2004)
"... ss'as also entirely airconditioned, made free of dust, germs, arid domestic
drudgery. Even the single fitted sheet on the bed recalls the ..."
2. The Engineers' Review (1905)
"... and the cylinders covered with nonconducting material held in place by a neatly
fitted sheet steel lagging, thus reducing the internal condensation. ..."
3. The American Cyclopedia of the Automobile: Or, Motor Cars and Motoring Self edited by Thomas Herbert Russell, Charles P. Root (1909)
"On the outside are deep grooves into which are fitted sheet copper U-pieces bound
in place by wire of slight expansion coefficient. ..."
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