| SELVAGE | Finished edge or border of cloth to prevent fraying (7) |
| MARGIN | Edge or border of a surface (6) |
| PELMET | From the French for "small palm", a narrow fringe, valance or border of cloth concealing a curtain rod (6) |
| SERGING | Overcasting in order to prevent fraying |
| ORPHREY | Elaborate ornamental band or border of golden thread, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment such as a chasuble (7) |
| GUNWALE | The upper edge or planking of the side of a boat or ship (7) |
| CHAMFER | A bevel or slope made by paring off the edge or corner of a right-angled surface (7) |
| SFUMATO | Mode of blending in art, described by Leonardo as "without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke" (7) |
| COLLIES | Dogs that can be bearded, rough or border (7) |
| OVERLOCK | Description of a type of stitch used to prevent fraying (8) |
| AGLETS | Tips at the ends of Shoelaces or drawstrings to prevent fraying (6) |
| TWITCHY | On edge, or nervous (coll) (7) |
| PINKINGSHEARS | Scissors used to prevent fraying (7,6) |
| SELVEDGE | What is a fabric edge that is woven to prevent fraying? (8) |
| ANGULAR | Having sharp edges or corners (7) |
| FACINGS | A military jacket's collar, cuffs and lapels in contrasting colours; linings finishing raw edges; or, claddings (7) |
| EDGES | Lines along which the vertices of polygons meet; brinks of cliffs or precipices; sharpened sides of blades; or, borders of anything (5) |
| RIM | Raised edge or border |
| SIDE | Edge or border |
| DOGROSE | With pink flowers signalling an approaching summer, a wild climber found intertwined with brambles in hedgerows and woodland edges or with ripening fruit in the autumn (3,4) |
