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deckle

or 𳦰·

[ 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.


deckle

/ ˈɛə /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of deckle1

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

Origin of deckle1

C19: from German Deckel lid, from decken to cover
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A previous version of this article incorrectly said the brisket cut called the point is also known as the deckle.

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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.

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

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

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

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