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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper
  3. n. (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets
  4. 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 deckle.]
  5. A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a handmold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, andforms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines thewidth of the paper. [Spelt also deckel, and deckle.]
  6. n:100 n. (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets