deckle
1. The removable, rectangular, wooden frame
forming the raised edge of the wire cloth of the
mold used in making paper by hand; it confines the
paper stock suspension on the wire cloth. 2. On
the Fourdrinier papermaking machine, the
arrangements along the side of the wire on which
the papermaking stock flows, which prevent the
stock from flowing over the edge of the wire. This
type of deckle may be moving or stationary. (17 )
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