deckle-edged

English

Adjective

deckle-edged

1. (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.

2. (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.

See also

• deckle
• deckle edge