deckle edge

2 definitions found

deckle edge - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deckle edge \Dec"kle edge`\
     The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also,
     a rough edge in imitation of this.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] deckle-edged

deckle edge - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deckle edge
      n 1: rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced
           artificially on machine-made paper [syn: deckle edge,
           deckle]