deckle
9.9
A frame used to shape wet pulp into sheets of paper
- noun
- /ˈdɛkəl/
- Specialized
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marco
- To create artful paper, she placed a deckle over the pulp and pressed it down gently.
Examples
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Copeland said nothing, and then on the third day he handed me a second note, folded once more on deckle paper; his response was a translation of a haiku by Buson: Morning breeze Fur.
Fiction book (1990) -
A deckle is used to shape the wet pulp into sheets of paper during the papermaking process.
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The artisan carefully positioned the deckle to ensure the handmade paper had uniform thickness.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deckle comes from the German word Deckel meaning 'lid' or 'cover', used for the rim that holds wet pulp while it becomes a sheet of paper. So a deckle is the frame that shapes the size and edges of each sheet.
