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deckle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deckle edge |
| Type of | edge |
Examples of deckle
deckle
Various combinations are available including black Angus deckle, rib eye and short ribs.
From the ocregister.com
A wire gauze stretched on a wooden frame, called a deckle, is lowered into a vat, lifted out and left to dry.
From the economist.com
Deckle Edge, or Uncut books are untrimmed or incompletely trimmed, and may be of special interest to book collectors.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Deckle-edged paper is occasionally mechanically imitated today to create the impression of old-fashioned luxury.
From the en.wikipedia.org
When I invite my friends over, they look at the covers, flip them over, feel the deckle-edged pages, open them to see the typeface.
From the latimes.com
Out of instinct I almost try to press the text of the deckle-edged pages, hoping something will pop up, a link to something trivial and fast.
From the learning.blogs.nytimes.com
Go into any bookshop now and you will find piles of brand-new hardbacks sporting coloured endpapers, scarlet silk bookmarks, heavy, deckle-edged paper and elaborate laminated boards.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Deckle edge: rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper
- (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets
- In manual papermaking, a deckle is a removable wooden frame or "fence" placed into a mould to keep the paper slurry within bounds and to control the size of the sheet produced. ...
- A paper-making instrument which limits the pulp, and consequently the size of the resulting paper; The fattier point-cut end of a brisket of beef
- On a hand mould is the removable frame which retains the pulp on the cover while the water drains through. On a Fourdrinier machine, the deckle strap performs the same function on the moving wire.
- In papermaking, the width of the wet sheet as it comes off the wire of a paper machine.
- The untrimmed, naturally irregular edge of handmade paper.
- A finish given to the edge of a sheet of paper, irregular in outline and with decreased thickness. The edge appears torn. Used for invitations and announcement. Available in cover and text weights.
- The width of web (machine width), which a papermaking machine is capable of making, being limited by the deckle straps.
