deckle
or deck·el
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.
Origin of deckle
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How to use deckle in a sentence
The deckle straps are worthy of particular notice in this beautiful machine.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreSo far has this craze gone, that machine-made paper is often put through an extra process to give it a sham deckle edge.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books | Douglas CockerellA word from me was more to them than a whole deckle-edged library from East Aurora in sectional bookcases was from anybody else.
Roads of Destiny | O. HenryPrinted on the finest deckle edge paper and bound in the best silk finished cloth, with frontispiece and rubricated title page.
The Wide, Wide World | Susan WarnerHandsomely bound in cloth, gilt tops, and printed on old Chester antique deckle edge paper.
The Wide, Wide World | Susan Warner
British Dictionary definitions for deckle
deckel
/ (ˈdɛkəl) /
a frame used to contain pulp on the mould in the making of handmade paper
Also called: deckle strap a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
See deckle edge
Origin of deckle
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