hospital corner

noun

plural hospital corners

: a neatly folded corner on a bed formed when the corner of a sheet or bedspread is tucked under the mattress

The boys wore knickers to school, and, starting at age five, made their own beds, with hospital corners.

—Dale Russakoff

The couple were gone, but the bed was made with hospital corners and a thin brown blanket.

—Sam Lipsyte

Examples of hospital corner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Step 5: Smooth Everything Out Tuck all sides of the blanket and the top (third) sheet under the mattress (again, employ hospital corners to maximize the effect). —Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024

If the Broadway production had hospital corners, this is an untucked top sheet. —EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024

Instead, the bottom sheet is a flat sheet tucked in with hospital corners for a perfectly smooth fit. —Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above