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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
2. 2
   (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets wordnet
3. 3
   A membrane covering the outermost side of a brisket of beef, where it was attached to the rib cage
4. 4
   rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper wordnet
5. 5
   The fattier, smaller point-cut portion of a brisket of beef, being the superficial pectoral muscle. Jewish

Verb

1. 1
   To give deckles to (paper). rare, transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

deckle edgedeckle edgepoint

Etymology

From German Deckel, diminutive of Decke (“covering”).

Related phrases

deckle edgedeckle-edgedsuperficial pectoral

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