deckle
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Etymology edit
From German Deckel, diminutive of Decke (“covering”).
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deckle (plural deckles)
- (paper-making, art) A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
- A membrane covering the outermost side of a brisket of beef, where it was attached to the rib cage
- (Jewish cuisine) The fattier, smaller point-cut portion of a brisket of beef, being the superficial pectoral muscle.
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- (point-cut portion of a brisket): point
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deckle (third-person singular simple present deckles, present participle deckling, simple past and past participle deckled)
- (transitive, rare) To give deckles to (paper).
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deckle
- inflection of deckeln: