In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. Specifically:
(a)
A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body. "He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners." "If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets."
(b)
A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
(c)
A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; in pl., The book itself. "To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer."
(d)
A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
(e)
A broad expanse of water, or the like. "The two beautiful sheets of water."
(f)
A sail.
(g)
(Geol.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
