draw sheetn.1
/ˈdrɔː ʃiːt/, U.S. /ˈdrɔ ˌʃit/, /ˈdrɑ ˌʃit/ 1. In nursing: a narrow sheet placed across a bed so as to lie underneath the part of a patient's body between the upper back and thighs, and which may be changed easily or which may facilitate moving the patient.
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head sheet1378
draw sheet1842
fitted sheet1969
1842 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 28 May 159/1 A draw-sheet was then placed under her, and changed three times.
1870 Z. P. Veitch Handbk. Nurses i. 9 Great care should be taken to arrange a macintosh and draw-sheet in such a way that no blood or other discharge can possibly reach the under sheet.
1960 Guardian 1 July 5/4 Mum replaces the draw sheet.
2012 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 16 Oct. 5 Clean linen such as operation theatre shirts and pants, gowns, bed sheets, draw sheets and thermal blankets were not arranged on racks.
2. Printing. In letterpress printing: a top sheet covering the cylinder of a cylinder press, used to hold layers of packing in place. Now rare.The draw sheet is the equivalent of the sheet used to cover the outer tympan in a platen press; cf. tympan n. 4.
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1895 Inland Printer (Chicago) July 398/1 For packing I use two sheets of pressboard, one sheet of manila 24 by 36, 120 pounds, a draw sheet of fine muslin, and on that one sheet of 22 by 32, 40 pound supercalendered book.
1916 E. G. Robb Presswork 20 For permanent packing for half-tone work there can be no doubt that oiled manila drawsheets are superior to pressboard and easier to use than sheet zinc.
1999 G. Shanilec Email 20 June in D. Esslemont & G. Shanilec Ink on the Elbow (2003) 22 I'm in the process of inserting and setting the rubber rollers in the Heidelberg, and waiting for the draw sheets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
draw sheetn.2
/ˈdrɔː ʃiːt/, U.S. /ˈdrɔ ˌʃit/, /ˈdrɑ ˌʃit/ A sheet of paper listing the outcome or result of a drawing of lots; esp. a list showing the schedule of fixtures or order of play in a tournament, as decided by drawing lots.
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1869 Times 7 May 12/2 Draw sheets showing the result of the draw were prepared and printed.
1905 Scotsman 23 May 8/6 The draw-sheet had been carefully studied, the form of this, that, and the other man weighed up, and no justification found for fear of defeat until the fourth or fifth round.
1958 Sports Illustr. 3 Mar. 48/3 I looked at the draw sheet,..and suddenly I noticed I was the only player over 30 in the quarter-finals.
2004 M. Frost Grand Slam xiii. 345 The draw sheet listing every contestant's name was big enough to cover the side of a house.
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