deckle

From German Deckel, diminutive of Decke (“covering”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛkəl
• Homophone: decal (Canada)

deckle (plural deckles)

1. (paper-making, art) A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
2. A membrane covering the outermost side of a brisket of beef, where it was attached to the rib cage
3. (Jewish cuisine) The fattier, smaller point-cut portion of a brisket of beef, being the superficial pectoral muscle.

• (point-cut portion of a brisket): point

deckle (third-person singular simple present deckles, present participle deckling, simple past and past participle deckled)

1. (transitive, rare) To give deckles to (paper).

• deckle edge
• deckle-edged

• deckel, eckled

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deckle

1. inflection of deckeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative