SELVEDGE
- selvage (the edge of a woven fabric finished to prevent raveling) [n SELVEDGES]
- the edge on either side of a woven or flat-knitted fabric so finished as to prevent raveling
- edge (as of fabric or paper) meant to be cut off and discarded
- outer or peripheral part border edge
- narrow border often of different or heavier threads than the fabric and sometimes in a different weave
- to border a fabric to prevent fraying, also SELVAGE [v SELVEDGED, SELVEDGING, SELVEDGES]