deckel

[dek-uh l]

noun Papermaking.

deckle

or deck·el

[dek-uh l]

noun Papermaking.

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.

deckle edge.

Origin of deckle

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

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Examples from the Web for deckel

Historical Examples of deckel

He now pushes the mould along the small board to the left, and removes the deckel.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
Meanwhile the vat-man puts the deckel upon the other mould, and makes another sheet.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for deckel

deckle

deckel

noun

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

Word Origin for deckle

C19: from German Deckel lid, from decken to cover

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Word Origin and History for deckel

deckle

1810, in paper-making, from German deckel "lid, little cover," diminutive of decke "cover" (see deck (n.)).