selvedge
noun/ˈselvɪdʒ/
/ˈselvɪdʒ/
(also selvage especially in North American English)
- an edge that is made on a piece of cloth, which stops the threads from coming apart (= stops it fraying)Word Originlate Middle English: from an alteration of self + edge, on the pattern of early modern Dutch selfegghe.
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