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Webster 1913 Edition
deckle
dec′kle
(dĕk′k’l)
, Noun.
[Cf. G.
deckel
cover, lid.] (Paper Making)
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 dekle
.]