deckle-edged

adj — 2 senses

deckle-edged

adj

1

Of paper Having a deckle edge.

From-time to time the book tilted and wobbled in his lap, and the weight of the deckle-edged pages pressed on his erection through the sleek black nylon.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

2

Figuratively Rough-edged like uncut paper.

We turn a corner and the world becomes a pattern of arteries, splashed with silver and deckle-edged with shadow.1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 116:

Related terms: deckle, deckled, deckle edge, deckled-edge

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