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deckle
[dek-uhl]
noun
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
/ ˈɛə /
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 History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of deckle1
Example Sentences
A previous version of this article incorrectly said the brisket cut called the point is also known as the deckle.
There’s a man’s face and a woman’s head and shoulders, inked on to what at first looks like vellum, with deckle edges like an old book.
“This muscle is often called the ‘deckle,’ but that’s not right.
He shows how rags are broken down to pulp via a Hollander beater and how that substance is transformed with a mold and deckle.
It was a simple black journal with leather front and back covers, and pages with a deckle edge.
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