English
sheetline
From sheet + line.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’
Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ
Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’
Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’
English sheet
Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’
Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’
Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’
Old English līne ‘line’
Middle English line ‘rope’
English line
Today it means
noun Any of the edges of a map, as shown in a map index, used to define each sheet's extent.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sheetline”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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