deckle-edged
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deckle-edged
- (of paper) Having a deckle edge.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- From-time to time the book tilted and wobbled in his lap, and the weight of the deckle-edged pages pressed on his erection through the sleek black nylon.
- (figuratively) Rough-edged like uncut paper.
- 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 116:
- We turn a corner and the world becomes a pattern of arteries, splashed with silver and deckle-edged with shadow.