bevel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sloping edge or surface cut at an angle other than a right angle

   A narrow bevel softened the sharp edge of the stone slab.

2. 2
   verb

   to cut or shape an edge into a slope

   The carpenter bevelled the boards so that their edges joined neatly.

3. 3
   noun

   an adjustable tool used to set, copy, or test angles

   She transferred the roof angle to the timber with a sliding bevel.

From Middle English bevel, probably through Anglo-Norman from an Old French word associated with an open or gaping angle. The noun names the oblique edge, and the verb means to create it.

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