deckle

deck·le

a removable wooden frame used as an edging for the four sides of a sheet mold in making paper by hand
either of the two edgings used to control the width of a sheet of paper in a papermaking machine
the outermost layer of meat and fat on a roast or steak

Origin of deckle

German deckel, diminutive of decke, a cover from decken: see thatch

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noun

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

Origin of deckle

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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Noun

(plural deckles)

(art) 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.

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German Deckel, diminutive of Decke (“covering”).

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