selvage

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. 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.
2. Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
3. 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.
4. A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
5. Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
6. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes
7. That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.

Verb

To give a selvage to (fabric).

Sinônimos

selvedge

edge

hem

rim

border

list

seam

boundary

frontier

fault clay

rand

brim

fault gouge

stripe

edging

webbing

welt

edge of a piece of fabric

edge of a strip of cloth

flounce

thrum

latus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsɛlvɪd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.