Selvage

Selvedge of a length of fabric (top)

Selvedge of a cloth in a rough twill weave (left)

In the weaving mill , the selvedge (also fabric selvedge, selvedge, selvedge, selvedge , selvedge, fabric strip, strip) is the boundary that occurs depending on the weaving technique on both sides or only on one side of the fabric when the direction of the weft threads change . The selvedges are almost always a bit stiffer and have a different structure than the rest of the fabric; When cutting, care is therefore taken not to include them, not even for seam allowances , as these can lead to undesired deformations due to the different physical properties. But there are also items of clothing such as the Scottish kilt in which the selvedge replaces the usual hem . This can also be the case with custom-made home textiles .

The syllable "Sal-" u. a. in Salband goes back to Middle High German  selp for "self", "own" and therefore means "own (because not cut) end".

literature

• Meyer's Encyclopedic Lexicon . Bibliographisches Institut, Lexikonverlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1975, Volume 25, p. 91.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Gunter Bergmann: Small Saxon dictionary . Reclam-Verlag Leipzig, 1995, ISBN 3-379-01520-2 , p. 128 .
2. ↑ selvage - sewing dictionary
3. ↑ selvage at Duden.de