sheerness

/SH IH1 R N AH0 S/
noun
  1. 1

    (uncountable) The property of being sheer.

  2. 2

    (countable, rare) The result or product of being sheer.

  3. 3

    A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).