selvage
pronunciation
How to pronounce selvage in British English:
UK ['selvɪdʒ]
How to pronounce selvage in American English:
US ['selvɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
- the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
Word Origin
- selvage (n.)
- mid-15c., "edge of web or cloth so finished as to prevent raveling," apparently literally "its own edge," a corruption of self + edge (n.); on analogy of Middle Flemish selvegge (compare also Low German sulfegge; Dutch zelfkant, from kant "border;" Middle High German selbende, German Selbend, literally "self-end").
Example
- 1. Border patterns are woven or printed parallel to the selvage .