Possible Clues:

• Sounds as if every eighth little sheep you can make it a layer
• Overlay, as an ID
• Manufacture by layering
• The French bird tied oddly in sheets?
• In protective coat, regularly beat beast up
• Line a mat, manoeuvring material in layers
• Protect with plastic coating, as an ID card
• Make sheets of metal in a cast
• Cover up in a protective way Ali meant trouble
• Split into thin sheets