Meanings
plural sheeters
- rail transportA person who put sheets (tarpaulins) on open railway wagons to keep the loads secure and dry in transit.
The Army provided a yard foreman, sheeters, loaders, and checkers to augment the railway staff of two men porters, one lad porter, and a female clerk.
1947 January and February, “Wartime Traffic at Tanfield, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 47 - Something with a certain number or type of sheets.
A boat is a red-sheeter
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This test is a four-sheeter
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sheeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheeter
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