·noun 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.
·add. ·- The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·adj Having a deckle edge; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edged book. ...