Selvage

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The tightly woven edge on the long (warp) side of a piece of yardage from a bolt of fabric. Sometimes it is printed with manufacturing information and usually has small holes where it was held on the loom during manufacturing.  The selvage is the most tightly woven portion of the fabric, and the holes will not go away over time due to the non-elasticity of the fibers.