deckle

American  

[dek-uhl] / ˈdɛk əl /

Or deckel

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.

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deckle British  

/ ˈdɛkəl /

noun

1. a frame used to contain pulp on the mould in the making of handmade paper

2. 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

3. See deckle edge

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Etymology

Origin of deckle

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