Deckle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

deckle
    n 1: rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced
         artificially on machine-made paper [syn: {deckle edge},
         {deckle}]
    2: (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deckle \dec"kle\ (d[e^]k"k'l), n. [Cf. G. 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. [Spelt also {deckel},
   and {dekle}.]
   [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

deckle
 /dek'l/, n.

   [from dec- and {nybble}; the original spelling seems to have been
   decle] Two {nickle}s; 10 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's
   GI 1600 (the Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide
   RAM but 10-bit-wide ROM. See {nybble} for other such terms.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

deckle

   /dek'l/ (From "dec-" and "{nibble}"; the original spelling
   seems to have been "decle") Two {nickles}; 10 {bits}.
   Reported among developers for {Mattel}'s {GI 1600} (the
   {Intellivision} games processor), a chip with 16-bit wide
   {RAM} but 10-bit wide {ROM}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-11-23)

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