Selvage Definition

selvij
noun
A specially woven edge that prevents cloth from raveling.
Webster's New World
Any specially defined edge of fabric or paper, esp., such an edge that is to be trimmed off or covered.
Webster's New World
An ornamental fringe at either end of an Oriental rug.
American Heritage
The side plate of a lock through which the bolt passes.
Webster's New World

(printing) The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.

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Noun

Singular:
selvage
Plural:
selvages

Origin of Selvage

  • Middle English (influenced by Middle Low German selfegge) self self self egge edge edge

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • A corruption of "self-edge".

    From Wiktionary

Selvage Sentence Examples

  • There Nature has woven a natural selvage, and the eye rises by just gradations from the low shrubs of the shore to the highest trees.

  • Trim off selvage edges and square up your fleece as needed.

  • She mainly produces winter scarves using wool, but also uses unconventional fibers such as Japanese paper and recycled silk selvage.

  • If you like a selvage beach, with amazing waves to surf, ask how to go to the beach dreamland.

  • In the toe and heel sections, the thong is attached to the frame with a selvage thong.

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Words Starting With

SSESEL

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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