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deckled

deckled adjective: having a rough edge (used especially of hand-made paper). Also the simple past and past participle of deckle.

deckled: having a rough edge (used especially of hand-made paper)
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Adjective

deckled (not comparable)

  1. Having a rough edge (used especially of hand-made paper).
    • The facade was finished in polished marble and bronze set into limestone, completely plain except for softly, almost invisibly, deckled keystones.2008 February 10, Christopher Gray, “A Little Jewel Box of a Shoe Store”, in New York Times

Also used as

deckled is also the simple past and past participle of deckle.

Origin of deckled

From deckle + -ed; see deckle edge.

Questions about deckled

What does deckled mean?
Deckled means having a rough edge (used especially of hand-made paper).
What part of speech is deckled?
Deckled is an adjective.

Words near deckled in the dictionary

  1. deckings
  2. deckle
  3. deckle edge
  4. deckle edges
  5. deckle-edged
  6. deckled
  7. deckles
  8. deckless
  9. decklid
  10. decklids
  11. decklike

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