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The Oxford English Dictionary defines selvage (variant selvedge) as: The edge of a piece of woven material finished in such a manner as to prevent the ravelling out of the weft. Also, a narrow strip or list at the edge of a web of cloth, which is not finished like the rest of the cloth, being intended to be cut off or covered by the seam when the material is made up. The first part of this definition is not quite accurate, at least for the medieval woven fabric that will be considered in the following. The selvages are the edges that run parallel to the warp and are created by the weft thread looping back at the end of each row or pass of the shuttle.