Her stately limbs the gather'd folds surround, / And spread their golden selvage on the ground.
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Selvage
//ˈsɛlvɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "selvage" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
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Related words (25)
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Translations
37 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- ива noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- кант noun (any finished edge of fabric)
- кенар noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Catalan
2 entries- voraviu noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- voraviu noun (any finished edge of fabric)
Dutch
1 entries- zelfkant noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Finnish
3 entries- hulpio noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- hulpio noun (geology: distinct border of a mass of igneous rock)
- reunus noun (excess area of printed or perforated sheet)
French
1 entries- lisière noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Hungarian
2 entries- szegély noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- szegés noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Ido
1 entries- bordumo noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Ingrian
1 entries- hulpelo noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Italian
4 entries- bordo noun (any finished edge of fabric)
- cimosa noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- cimossa noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- lisiera noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Polish
4 entries- brzeg noun (edge plate of a lock)
- krajka noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- krajka noun (any finished edge of fabric)
- nadmiarowy kawałek arkusza noun (excess area of printed or perforated sheet)
Portuguese
1 entries- bainha noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Russian
1 entries- кро́мка noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- balt noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Spanish
1 entries- orillo noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Swedish
2 entries- stad noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- stadkant noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
Welsh
2 entries- ymylwe noun (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp)
- ymylwe noun (any finished edge of fabric)
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