sheeter

An industrial machine (similar in principle to a roller-type pasta machine) that produces a sheet of dough, fondant etc. of a regular thickness.

Noun

  1. An industrial machine (similar in principle to a roller-type pasta machine) that produces a sheet of dough, fondant etc. of a regular thickness.
  2. A 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,...
  3. Something with a certain number or type of sheets.
    • This test is a four-sheeter
    • A boat is a red-sheeter

Origin

From sheet + -er.

Forms

sheeters

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