Definition of selvedge in English:

selvedge

(North American selvage)

nounˈsɛlvɪdʒ

1An edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unravelling.
布的织边；镶边
Example sentencesExamples
- Create a straight fray line for your fringe by clipping through the selvage on one side of the fabric, then gently pulling a crosswise thread across the fabric width.
- An act in effect between 1774 and 1811 required that blue threads be woven into the selvages of cotton cloth intended for export if a refund of the tax on printed cotton was to be claimed.
- For the neatest finish, cut strips along the selvage using the selvage for the seam allowance.
- To hold warp threads closely, weave three rows with a single thread and darn ends along the selvedge.
- In other cases, a laser was used to create decorative motifs on fabrics, or to cut fabric fringes along the selvage.
2Geology
A zone of altered rock, especially volcanic glass, at the edge of a rock mass.
〔地质〕断层泥
Example sentencesExamples
- In the vein's central vug, ferroaxinite overlies a selvage (fault gouge) of quartz, orthoclase, and microcline feldspar and is followed by fine-grained calcite.
- The fine-grained selvage called a chilled margin, formed in a younger rock in contact with an older rock, has already been mentioned.
- Likely all of these factors played some role in initiating beryl precipitation, particularly where mineralization is contained within highly altered vein selvages.
- All other quartz veins are associated with at least some tourmaline, either within the veins or in the vein selvages.
- This type of migmatite is characterized by discrete millimetre - to centimetre-scale discontinuous granitic layers separated by high-grade metamorphic host rock and dark selvages (mesosome).

Origin

Late Middle English: from an alteration of self + edge, on the pattern of early modern Dutch selfegghe. The geological term dates from the 1930s.

单词	selvedge
释义	Definition of selvedge in English: selvedge (North American selvage) nounˈsɛlvɪdʒ 1An edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unravelling. 布的织边；镶边 Example sentencesExamples Create a straight fray line for your fringe by clipping through the selvage on one side of the fabric, then gently pulling a crosswise thread across the fabric width. An act in effect between 1774 and 1811 required that blue threads be woven into the selvages of cotton cloth intended for export if a refund of the tax on printed cotton was to be claimed. For the neatest finish, cut strips along the selvage using the selvage for the seam allowance. To hold warp threads closely, weave three rows with a single thread and darn ends along the selvedge. In other cases, a laser was used to create decorative motifs on fabrics, or to cut fabric fringes along the selvage. 2Geology A zone of altered rock, especially volcanic glass, at the edge of a rock mass. 〔地质〕断层泥 Example sentencesExamples In the vein's central vug, ferroaxinite overlies a selvage (fault gouge) of quartz, orthoclase, and microcline feldspar and is followed by fine-grained calcite. The fine-grained selvage called a chilled margin, formed in a younger rock in contact with an older rock, has already been mentioned. Likely all of these factors played some role in initiating beryl precipitation, particularly where mineralization is contained within highly altered vein selvages. All other quartz veins are associated with at least some tourmaline, either within the veins or in the vein selvages. This type of migmatite is characterized by discrete millimetre - to centimetre-scale discontinuous granitic layers separated by high-grade metamorphic host rock and dark selvages (mesosome). Origin Late Middle English: from an alteration of self + edge, on the pattern of early modern Dutch selfegghe. The geological term dates from the 1930s.
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