selvedge
noun /ˈselvɪdʒ/
/ˈselvɪdʒ/
(also selvage especially in North American English)
- an edge that is made on a piece of cloth, which stops the threads from coming apart (= stops it fraying)Word Originlate Middle English: from an alteration of self + edge, on the pattern of early modern Dutch selfegghe.