deckle

4 definitions found

deckle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  deckle \dec"kle\ (d[e^]k"k'l), n. [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.]
     [1913 Webster]

deckle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deckle
      n 1: rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced
           artificially on machine-made paper [syn: deckle edge,
           deckle]
      2: (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets

deckle - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  deckle
  
     /dek'l/ (From "dec-" and "nibble"; the original spelling
     seems to have been "decle") Two nickles; 10 bits.
     Reported among developers for Mattel's GI 1600 (the
     Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit wide
     RAM but 10-bit wide ROM.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-23)
  

deckle - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  deckle
   /dek'l/, n.
  
     [from dec- and nybble; the original spelling seems to have been
     decle] Two nickles; 10 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's
     GI 1600 (the Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide
     RAM but 10-bit-wide ROM. See nybble for other such terms.