selvage
IPA: sˈɛɫvɪdʒ
noun
- (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.
- (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
- (mining) That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
- A surname.
verb
- To give a selvage to (fabric).
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Examples of "selvage" in Sentences
- For many end uses the selvage is discarded.
- Selvage died in 1991 after a brief illness.
- The very nature of the Selvage rejects magic.
- On the inner lamella, a selvage may be present.
- The ribs run across the fabric from selvage to selvage.
- Selvage led the league in three point field goal attempts.
- The selvage forming portions are made of a thermally fusible material.
- Structure is also disclosed to uncurl rolled selvages of a moving web.
- Applying the term selvage to a hand knitted object is still relatively new.
- Also in industry sometimes the selvage is made thicker with a binding thread.
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