sheeting

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Sheeting or exfoliation is when the rock surface spalls off in layers.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Sheeting machines take the dough from a chunk to a silky-smooth 35-foot-long expanse less than a millimeter thick before cutting it into the pieces that become cannoli shells.

From Washington Post

Sheeting Machines.—The foregoing paragraphs have dealt entirely with machines for crepe preparation.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

Bolton, or Workhouse Sheeting, is a coarse twilled cotton fabric, seventy-two inches wide, of a beautiful soft creamy colour, which improves much in washing.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

Also two large fine Flanders Bed Ticks, and two pair large superfine Blankets, 2 fine Damask Table Cloths and Napkins, and 43 Ells of Ghentish Sheeting Holland....

From Woman's Life in Colonial Days by Holliday, Carl