- the rough, irregular edge of a sheet of paper after it leaves the deckle and before it is trimmed: such edges are often favored as decorative
- an imitation of such an edge produced on trimmed paper, as by tearing
deckle edge
deckle edge deckle edge
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deckle edge
noun
The rough edge of handmade paper formed in a deckle. Also called featheredge .
Related Forms:
- deck′le-edged′
adjective
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