oversheet

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noun

A sheet placed over the top of something.

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Meanings

nounoversheet (plural oversheets)

plural oversheets

  1. A sheet placed over the top of something.

    The usual procedure in such areas is to construct, on an oversheet of transparent paper, the entire land net of the area to be mapped.

    1951, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Surveying and mapping: Volume 11
verboversheet (third-person singular simple present oversheets, present participle oversheeting, simple past and past participle oversheeted)

present singular third person oversheets · participle present oversheeting · participle past oversheeted · past oversheeted

  1. businessTo put cladding over (a roof).

Origin

From over- + sheet.

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APA

oversheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversheet

MLA

“oversheet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversheet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversheet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversheet.

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