A large piece of fabric used to cover and line a bed, typically placed over the mattress and under blankets.
From 'bed' combined with 'sheet,' literally a sheet for a bed. 'Sheet' comes from Old English scyte, related to shooting or spreading out, as sheets are spread across the bed.
Before the modern fitted sheet was invented in the 20th century, all bedsheets were flat and required skillful tucking — the fitted sheet revolution of the 1950s eliminated a tedious household task that had existed for centuries.
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