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Sheet (sailing)

This article is about the sailing term. For other uses, see Sheet.
The mainsheet (large green line) on a US Yachts US 22 sailboat
The jib sheet (large red line) on a US Yachts US 22 sailboat

In sailing, a sheet is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail.[1][2]

  1. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sheet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 822.
  2. ^ "sheet, n.2" in Oxford English Dictionary.

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