Sentence example with the word 'selvage'

selvage

bank, border, brink, edging, flange, frilling, hem, ledge, list, ragged edge, side, trimming

Definition n. border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet

Last update: September 24, 2015


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Selvage prevents losening of threads.   [Please select]

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The cloth is woven "one end up and two ends down," and as there are more picks of weft per inch than ends of warp the diagonal lines pass from selvage to selvage at an angle of less than 45 degrees.   [Please select]

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Then Dolly arose, and with one hand grasping the selvage of the curtain, fixed one long gaze upon her father's corpse.   [Please select]

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To both points it extends beyond the reach of vision-- hundreds of miles beyond--forming, like a ribbon of silver, the selvage of the Mexican Sea.   [Please select]

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CHAPTER VIII MAD ANTHONY Beyond the selvage of the sleepy leaf-sheltered village a cherry bordered lane met the Red Road.   [Please select]

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One limb, cased in silk, had fallen over the selvage of her pendent couch, and hung negligently down.   [Please select]

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In a few cases a border or selvage of very simple construction is seen.   [Please select]

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The best quality of their silk velvet variety is made on looms the exact width of the goods, and has a selvage and back of satin.   [Please select]

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As she spurred through the transient twilight past the selvage of the town and into the somber mountain slope, she struck the horse sharply with her crop.   [Please select]

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