(a) Any length of cloth, esp. linen; also, a piece of cloth used as a receptacle [quot.: ?a1300]; windwe shete, a winnow-sheet [see also windwen v.]; windwing shete [see windwing ger.]; (b) a linen……
Naut. (a) A rope attached to the clews of a sail; shete de ran, a rope, or sheet, made of reindeer hide [cp. ran n.]; (b) pl. triangular floor boards at the ends of a ship; sterne shete, rear portion……
