deckle

• Sustantivo que designa el borde irregular y sin cortar del papel fabricado a mano o a máquina, o el marco que se usa en la fabricación de papel para dar forma a las hojas a partir de la pulpa.

A noun referring to a rough, untrimmed edge on handmade or machine-made paper, or a frame used in papermaking to shape pulp into sheets.

1. Rough edge on paperC2formal

   A rough, untrimmed edge left on handmade paper or artificially produced on machine-made paper.

   Borde sin recortar del papel

   • The artist preferred paper with a deckle edge for her prints.
   • The book was bound with deckle edges to give it an antique look.
   • Collectors often value the natural deckle on vintage paper.

   Sinónimosdeckle edge

2. Paper-making frameC2formal

   A removable frame used in papermaking to form paper pulp into sheets of a specific size.

   marco de formación de papel

   • The papermaker carefully placed the deckle over the mold.
   • Adjusting the deckle determines the final dimensions of the paper sheet.
   • Traditional papermaking requires a deckle to shape the wet pulp.