bevel

[bev-uh l]

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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.

Origin of bevel

1555–65; < Middle French *bevel (French béveau, biveau), Old French *baivel, equivalent to baïf with open mouth (ba(er) to gape (see bay²) + -if -ive) + -el < Latin -ellus; see -elle

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

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Related Words for beveling

tilt, skew, tend, slope, point, cant, yaw, tip, diverge, stoop, deviate, nod, recline, slant, train, lay, bevel, lower, veer, level

Examples from the Web for beveling

Historical Examples of beveling

The support in front should be diminished either by turning the shoe up at the toe or by beveling it under the toe (fig. 5a).
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
United States Department of Agriculture
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
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 beveling

bevel

noun

1. Also called: canta surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angleCompare chamfer (def. 1)
2. (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 Formsbevelled 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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Word Origin and History for beveling

bevel

adj.

1560s, possibly from Old French *baivel (Modern French béveau, biveau), possibly from bayer "to gape, yawn," from Latin *batare "to yawn, gape," from Latin root *bat-, possibly imitative of yawning. If so, the time gap is puzzling. The verb is first recorded 1670s. The noun is 1670s, from the adjective.