sheeter
nounEtymology From sheet + -er.
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
Rail transport, Railways, Transport 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, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 47:
3
In combinations Something with a certain number or type of sheets.
- This test is a four-sheeter
- A boat is a red-sheeter
- Related terms
- history-sheeter, rowdy-sheeter