<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.</li><li>any similar strip or part of surplus material, as at the side of wallpaper.</li><li>Also called margin.</li><li>Philately. the surplus paper or margin around a sheet of stamps: The number of the plate block appears in the selvage.</li><li>a plate or surface through which a bolt of a lock passes.</li></ul>