deckle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper
    deckle edge.
  2. noun (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets

WordNet

Dec"kle noun
Etymology
Cf. G. deckel cover, lid.
Definitions
  1. (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 deckle.

Webster 1913