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

A previous version of this article incorrectly said the brisket cut called the point is also known as the deckle.

From Washington Post

There’s a man’s face and a woman’s head and shoulders, inked on to what at first looks like vellum, with deckle edges like an old book.

From The Guardian

“This muscle is often called the ‘deckle,’ but that’s not right.

From Los Angeles Times

He shows how rags are broken down to pulp via a Hollander beater and how that substance is transformed with a mold and deckle.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a simple black journal with leather front and back covers, and pages with a deckle edge.

From Literature