deckle

or deck·el

[ dek-uhl ]

noun

, Papermaking.

1. a board, usually of stainless steel, fitted under part of the wire in a Fourdrinier machine for supporting the pulp stack before it is sufficiently formed to support itself on the wire.
2. deckle edge.

deckle

/ ˈdɛkəl /

noun

1. a frame used to contain pulp on the mould in the making of handmade paper
2. Also calleddeckle strap a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
3. See deckle edge

Word History and Origins

Origin of deckle¹

1800–10; < German Deckel cover, lid, equivalent to deck ( en ) to cover ( deck ) + -el noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of deckle¹

C19: from German Deckel lid, from decken to cover

Example Sentences

The deckle straps are worthy of particular notice in this beautiful machine.

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So far has this craze gone, that machine-made paper is often put through an extra process to give it a sham deckle edge.

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A word from me was more to them than a whole deckle-edged library from East Aurora in sectional bookcases was from anybody else.

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Printed on the finest deckle edge paper and bound in the best silk finished cloth, with frontispiece and rubricated title page.

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Handsomely bound in cloth, gilt tops, and printed on old Chester antique deckle edge paper.

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