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deck·le

(dĕk′əl)

1. A frame used in making paper by hand to form paper pulp into sheets of a desired size.

2. A deckle edge.

[German Deckel, from Decke, cover, from decken, to cover, from Middle High German, from Old High German decchen; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

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deckle

(ˈdɛkəl) or

deckel

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

2. (Mechanical Engineering) 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. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) See deckle edge

[C19: from German Deckel lid, from decken to cover]

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deck•le

(ˈdɛk əl)

n.

1. a board, usu. of steel, fitted under part of the wire in a papermaking machine for supporting the pulp stack before it is sufficiently formed to support itself on the wire.

2. deckle edge.

[1800–10; < German Deckel cover, lid =deck(en) to cover (see deck)]

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Noun	1.	deckle - rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper deckle edge edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
	2.	deckle - (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets framework - a structure supporting or containing something

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