From the (Australian) ABC news website:
Zombie microbes, reindeer and the health risks of climate change
An outbreak of anthrax in Siberia is being sheeted home to climate change. …
I find the definitions:
to sheet home
(naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible…To haul the sheets of a sail home to the block on the yard-arm.
Is the ABC's usage some metaphor on the nautical meaning?
Best Answer
I found it in a dictionary. It's right there in the Merriam Webster, well, fifth definition of sheet, second sub-definition. Unfortunately, there's no examples in there.
Thus, it's not a metaphor on the nautical meaning but a standalone meaning. They are blaming the climate change for the anthrax outbreak. Likely due to warming up the bacteria from hibernation.