Deckle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  deckle
       
          /dek'l/ (From "dec-" and "{nibble}"; the original spelling
          seems to have been "decle") Two {nickle}s; 10 {bit}s.
          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)