selvage.
The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
Meaning & usage
The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.
A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes
That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
Where this word comes from
From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.
To give a selvage to (fabric).
Where this word comes from
From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.
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