deckle or deckel (ˈdɛkəl) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a frame used to contain pulp on the mould in the making of handmade paper |
| 2. | Also called: deckle strap a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper |
| 3. | See deckle edge |
| [C19: from German Deckel lid, from decken to cover] | |
| deckel or deckel | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from German Deckel lid, from decken to cover] | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |