A deckle or the frame used in papermaking to hold the pulp before pressing.
Variant spelling of 'deckle,' from German 'Deckel' meaning 'cover' or 'lid,' used in papermaking terminology since the 18th century.
The humble dekle reveals how papermaking—once a cutting-edge technology—gave us technical terms that survived even after the technology changed, kind of like how 'dial' persists for phone numbers.
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