selvage
verbEtymology From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.
1
To give a selvage to (fabric).
selvage
noun/ˈsɛlvɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.
7 senses
- 1The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side)…
- 2Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
- 3The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such…
- 4A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is…
- 5Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
- 6The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes
- 7That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
1
Business, Manufacturing, Textiles, 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.
2
Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
- Her stately limbs the gather'd folds surround, / And spread their golden selvage on the ground.1803, Erasmus Darwin, The Temple of Nature, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
3
Media, Printing, Publishing 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.
6
The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes