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sides to ˈmiddle, advb. (and adj.) phr.
Also -into-, side to middle.
[side n.1]
Of a sheet of bed-linen: with the sides and middle changing places, as a worn sheet cut down the centre and resewn thus to prolong its useful life. Also (hyphened) as adj. phr.
1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. ii. 24 Sheets should be turned ‘sides to middle’ before they are allowed to get very thin. 1884E. Nesbit Let. in D. Langley Moore E. Nesbit (1933) v. 71, I have done 2 sheets ‘sides into middle’. 1949H. Ashton Parson Austen's Daughter viii. 309 She..had to sleep on sheets which had been turned side to middle. 1950B. Pym Some Tame Gazelle xv. 161 Although the Archdeacon had not personally made the bed, he knew that there were sides-to-middle sheets on it. 1963‘J. M. Berrisford’ Gardening in Lime ii. 24 After six to eight weeks the whole [compost] heap may be turned, sides to middle, with the top material becoming the bottom. 1972‘S. Woods’ They love not Poison viii. 112 Jenny [was] diligently hemming a sheet that Mrs. Dibb wanted turned ‘sides to middle’. |