selvedge BrE
selvage AmE

"The original name of the company might be somewhere in the selvage."

Selvage led the league in three point field goal attempts.

It was the selvage of the fabric of her life.

Also in industry sometimes the selvage is made thicker with a binding thread.

Thus it creates a firm selvage with the same thickness as the rest of the cloth.

Her skirts are all long, sometimes wrapped with the green selvage stripe to add a touch of color.

"There," Liane said as she wrapped the selvage of the work she'd finished.

One of the brand's most popular products is its raw-denim selvage jeans.

This is called the selvage; it protects the pattern section during manufacture and handling.

The selvage of loose warp threads hung from each roll.

Applying the term selvage to a hand-knitted object is still relatively new.

Federal stamps prior to 1959 plus the 1964 issue are collected in blocks of six and must have the selvage on two sides.

Selvage died in 1991 after a brief illness.

Each pane has numbers in the corner selvage indicating what printing plates were used.

Double width fabric is woven so that the pattern exactly matches on the selvage.

The very nature of the Selvage rejects magic.

The numbers were printed along the selvage.

The woven edge portion of a fabric parallel to the warp is called selvage.

Jeans, manufactured on vintage selvage looms in Japan, are $39.50.

Plate numbers and other margin markings will be found only along the remaining left-side selvage.

One might also argue that cutting down on wasted by-product selvage makes complete garment better for the environment.

Collectors usually opt for a block of four stamps, complete with the selvage area which will sometimes have the printing details on it.

Such a diversion would have returned the route to Selvage Lane after a gap of over 70 years.

"Jellyfish Eyes" comes untrimmed, and removing the selvage required laser precision.

Selvage was a founder of the Lucky International Open.

Sometimes the sides do not have seams, but are finished with the selvedge only.

The selvedge would often have a brand name or the country of origin woven into it.

But who is Lady Selvedge, after all?' she asked on a note of challenge.

Lady Selvedge raised a hand to her elaborate hat.

This guy Selvedge must have been a secretary or toady or something.

Selvedge led me toward the sun room.

Lady Selvedge ate quickly, commenting on the excellence and cheapness of the food as she did so.

The guy who answered was named Selvedge.

But of course, as she now remembered, Lady Selvedge had the reputation of being mean.

There's no way to know if the jeans have selvedge unless you're wearing them, since it runs up the interior of the pant leg.

Remove tacking and cut off the selvedge.

Then offhandedly, "Give him directions to get here, Selvedge."

The eastward cliff was at first merely a starless selvedge to the starry dome.

Early discs were made from plain paper, without perforations; the selvedge was cut or folded to create the main circular shape.

When the cuff is turned up, the two selvedge edges (where the denim is sewn together) can be seen.

'So many black people,' said Lady Selvedge in her penetrating voice.

Take the first piece of fabric and fold in half, selvedge to selvedge.

Also called selvedge, the term derives from "self-edge".

This fade showcases the selvedge by forming two sets of fades that resemble train tracks.

These came in both the pale blue of the 1980s, and the dark selvedge denim of the 1990s.

Cast on for 1x1 or 2x1 rib at T1/1, so the selvedge is not too tight.

'I'm sure that Lady Selvedge is a woman of the highest principles.'

'I will have steak pudding and mashed potatoes,' said Lady Selvedge.

The word "selvedge" comes from the phrase "self-edge", the natural edge of a roll of fabric.

As the weft loops back into the edge of the denim it creates this "self-edge" or selvedge.