bevel
noun
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
bevelling
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present participleof bevel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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An instrument by which bevelling angles are taken.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
When in situ it is accommodated by the Cutigeral Groove, a cavity produced by the bevelling out of the superior portion of the inner face of the wall of the hoof.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
The principle is that bevelling off the front edge of the cutter, as shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Very thick books have a rather clumsy appearance with their many superimposed boards; this is improved by bevelling on all four sides the upper thick board.
From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam
Also, the bevelling of any piece of timber or plank to any required angle: as the bearding of dead wood, clamps, &c.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
