selvage
See also: Selvage
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A corruption from early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
selvage (countable and uncountable, plural selvages)
- (weaving) 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.
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1803, Erasmus Darwin, The Temple of Nature[1], The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
- Her stately limbs the gather'd folds surround, / And spread their golden selvage on the ground.
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- (printing) 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.
- (geology) A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
- (geology) Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
- The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
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Translations[edit]
finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp
any finished edge of fabric
excess area of printed or perforated sheet
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geology: clay-like material along and around a geological fault
edge plate of a lock