The Collaborative International Dictionary
deckle-edged \dec"kle-edged`\ deckled \dec"kled\, a. having a rough edge; having a deckle edge; -- used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edged book.
Syn: featheredged.
WordNet
adj. having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade [syn: deckle-edged, featheredged]
Usage examples of "deckled".
He was leafing through an old dusty volume whose pages were deckled on side and bottom, and touched with gold on the top.
Strange splashes, scars, and patches deckled the gleaming surfaces here and there.
But when he looked at that deckled sheet of parchment-thick ivory paper—Florian's hand still protectively on it—his caterpillars gave an involuntary leap upward.
It was obviously a special edition of the 1908 book, with heavy quality paper, deckled edges, and woodcut illustrations.