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Deckle
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. [Spelt also deckel, and deckle.]