selvedge
- a variation of selvage.
Example Sentences
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The textiles are the finest of this period found in Europe, with details such as "pile tufts" that would have given garments a soft, almost velvety feel, and "tubular selvedge" for neat seams and hems.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
Choose a dark wash, on a selvedge denim.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2017
Smaller labels such as RRL, named for the Colorado ranch that Mr. Lauren owns with his wife, which sells selvedge denim, vintage apparel and other gear, will have to prove they are viable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2016
Fraser produces much of his Anarke brand custom and bespoke jeans from selvedge denim made by Cone Mills in Greensboro.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2015
How could he tell but that a real lord had already trumped up on the tapis; and was at that moment kneeling upon one of the Clarendon carpets, by the selvedge of her silken skirt?
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
