Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling. 2. (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes. 3. (n.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SELVEDGE sel'-vej (qatsah): The word occurs only in the description of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:4; Exodus 36:11). It has reference to the ten curtains which overhung the boards of the sanctuary. Five of these formed one set and five another. These were "coupled" at the center by 50 loops of blue connected by "clasps" (which see) with 50 others on the opposite side. The "selvedge" (self-edge) is the extremity of the curtain in which the loops were.

Multi-Version Concordance Selvedge (2 Occurrences) Exodus 26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. (KJV ASV WBS) Exodus 36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. (KJV ASV WBS)