Selvage
[SEL-vij]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Late Middle English, 15th century. (Geological term is from the 1930s.)
1.
An edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unraveling.
2.
(Geology) a zone of altered rock, especially volcanic glass, at the edge of a rock mass.
Examples of Selvage in a sentence
"The curtain’s selvage was a different color, creating a noticeable border."
"Tom wanted to study how the selvage of obsidian formed."
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