deckle
Americannoun
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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.
noun
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a frame used to contain pulp on the mould in the making of handmade paper
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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
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See deckle edge
Etymology
Origin of deckle
1800–10; < German Deckel cover, lid, equivalent to deck ( en ) to cover ( see deck) + -el noun suffix
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A previous version of this article incorrectly said the brisket cut called the point is also known as the deckle.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2021
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 ● Oct. 30, 2019
To help you see these changes through the lens of Slate’s coverage, we did make you an anthology, although it doesn’t have a gilt cover or a deckle edge.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2016
There, the deckle cuts of dry-cured and smoked beef are meaty, pungent and delicious, and best in sandwiches when combining lean and fatty cuts.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
It was a simple black journal with leather front and back covers, and pages with a deckle edge.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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