deckle

or deck·el

[ dek-uh l ]
/ ˈdɛk əl /

noun Papermaking.

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 edge.

Origin of deckle

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

Words nearby deckle

deckel, decker, deckhead, deckhouse, decking, deckle, deckle edge, deckle-edged, decl., declaim, declamation

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British Dictionary definitions for deckle

deckle

deckel

/ (ˈdɛkəl) /

noun

a frame used to contain pulp on the mould in the making of handmade paper
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
See deckle edge

Word Origin for deckle

C19: from German Deckel lid, from decken to cover