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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
selvedge
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Cast on for 1x1 or 2x1 rib at T1/1, so the selvedge is not too tight. 2.
▪ Remove tacking and cut off the selvedge.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Selvedge

Selvage \Sel"vage\, Selvedge \Sel"vedge\, n. [Self + edge, i. e., its own proper edge; cf. OD. selfegge.]

  1. The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

  2. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
    --Knight.

  3. (Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n.,


  4. --Raymond.

Wiktionary
selvedge

n. (alternative spelling of selvage English)

WordNet
selvedge
  1. n. border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet [syn: selvage]

  2. the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray [syn: selvage]

Usage examples of "selvedge".

By noon he was riding a farmland road where the acequias carried the water down along the foot-trodden selvedges of the fields and he stood the horse to water and walked it up and back in the shade of a cottonwood grove to cool it.

The fact that this young woman had never moistened the selvedge edge of her soul with a less plebeian tipple than champagne, had a marked and subduing effect on Harris.

The country they traversed was advanced in season and the acacia was in bloom and there had been rain in the mountains and the grass along the selvedge of the draws was green and blowsy in the long twilight where they rode.

The eastward cliff was at first merely a starless selvedge to the starry dome.

Anti-Boomfood medals and Anti-Boomfood flags, on the selvedges of Caterham silks and cottons and in the linings of Good Old English Caterham hats.

Bands and Stripes -- Dirty Borders -- Defective Selvedges -- Holes and Buttons -- Rubbed Places -- Creases -- Spots -- Loose and Bad Colours -- Badly Dyed Selvedges -- Hard Goods -- Brittle Goods -- Uneven Goods -- Removal of Bands, Stripes, Creases and Spots.

By noon he was riding a farmland road where the acequias carried the water down along the foot-trodden selvedges of the fields and he stood the horse to water and walked it up and back in the shade of a cottonwood grove to cool it.