Synonyms for selvage
- edge
- limit
- surplus
- allowance
- bound
- boundary
- brim
- brink
- compass
- extra
- field
- frame
- hem
- latitude
- leeway
- lip
- perimeter
- periphery
- play
- rim
- scope
- shore
- side
- skirt
- space
- trimming
- verge
- confine
- elbowroom
Antonyms for selvage
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SELVAGE
Grifone saw the shape of her in it, saw her hand at the selvage.
If the lock has a selvage, gain out the edge of the door or drawer to receive it.
But lend me the needle, and I'll see what I can do with the selvage.
The selvage is more closely woven and will draw or pucker in laundrying.
Corded silks are woven with a cord running from selvage to selvage.
It takes art to weave a selvage about them or fit them into a frame.
The selvage edge of the material should run the length of the sheet.
Sides, a selvage of two to four cords, usually coloured red.
Sides, generally a selvage of two or three cords, but occasionally an overcasting.
Sides, generally a double overcasting, occasionally a selvage.
WORD ORIGIN
mid-15c., "edge of web or cloth so finished as to prevent raveling," apparently literally "its own edge," a corruption of self + edge (n.); on analogy of Middle Flemish selvegge (cf. also Low German sulfegge; Dutch zelfkant, from kant "border;" Middle High German selbende, German Selbend, literally "self-end").