Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

deckle

deckle (dek"k'l) , noun

[Compare German deckel cover, lid.]

(Paper Making) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.