bevel

[ bev-uhl ]

/ ˈbɛv əl /

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noun

the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.

a surface that does not form a right angle with adjacent surfaces.Compare chamfer.

(of a lock bolt) the oblique end that hits the strike plate.

(of a lock with a beveled bolt) the side facing in the same direction as the bevel at the end of the bolt.Compare regular bevel, reverse bevel.

bevel square.

an adjustable instrument for drawing angles or adjusting the surface of work to a particular inclination.

Printing. beard (def. 5).

verb (used with or without object), bev·eled, bev·el·ing or (especially British) bev·elled, bev·el·ling.

to cut or slant at a bevel: to bevel an edge to prevent splintering.

adjective

Also beveled; especially British, bevelled. oblique; sloping; slanted.

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Origin of bevel

First recorded in 1555–65; from unattested Middle French bevel (French béveau, biveau ), unattested Old French baivel, equivalent to baïf “with open mouth” (ba(er) “to gape” (see bay²) + -if adjective suffix) + -el, from Latin -ellus noun suffix; see -ive, -elle

OTHER WORDS FROM bevel

bev·el·er; especially British, bev·el·ler, nounun·bev·eled; especially British, un·bev·elled, adjectiveun·der·bev·el·ing; especially British, un·der·bev·el·ling, noun

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How to use bevel in a sentence

Side notching and beveling of the blade apparently started in this period.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types|James W. Cambron
Notching and beveling seems to reach a climax on larger points in the early Archaic period.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types|James W. Cambron
The retouch that produces the beveling also produces fine serrations on some examples.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types|James W. Cambron
Retouch along the blade edges often resulted in serrations and/or beveling.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types|James W. Cambron

Sometimes longer, more even flakes were removed in beveling one edge of each face.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types|James W. Cambron

British Dictionary definitions for bevel

bevel

/ (ˈbɛvəl) /

noun

Also called: cant a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angleCompare chamfer (def. 1)
(as modifier)a bevel edge; bevel square

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled

(intr) to be inclined; slope

(tr) to cut a bevel on (a piece of timber, etc)

Derived forms of bevel

bevelled or US beveled, adjectivebeveller or US beveler, noun

Word Origin for bevel

C16: from Old French bevel (unattested), from baïf, from baer to gape; see bay 1

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