bath sheet

[ bath, bahth ]

noun

1. an extra-large bath towel, especially one at least 3 feet (1 meter) wide and 5 feet (1.5 meters) long.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bath sheet¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

While I put on flannel bottoms, he held the bath sheet over my shoulders, and as I buttoned the top, he took slippers and pushed them on my feet.

From New York Times

The tragedy is, no one is ever as helplessly exposed as when conducting the dance of the seven veils with a pair of knickers and a soggy bath sheet.

From The Guardian

This a boon if you like a hot bath sheet after a cold plunge on a winter's morning.

From Project Gutenberg

He stepped from the tent, clad loosely in a bath sheet, and bestowed a kiss upon his wife's downcast face in passing.

From Project Gutenberg

No. Again she felt a cold shiver go down her back, for Melchior had taken the bath sheet and was holding it in front of him waiting to wrap the child in it as it was taken out of its tub, and it seemed to her as if he had on a shroud and his bloodless emaciated face with his black hair and moustache looked ghostly over the top of it.

From Project Gutenberg