deckle edge

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The rough edge of handmade paper formed in a deckle.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as deckle .

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of this.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper