The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bevel \Bev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beveled (?) or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling.] To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
Wiktionary
n. A bevel, a bevelled facet. vb. (present participle of bevel English)
WordNet
n. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: cant, chamfer]
a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size [syn: bevel square]
See bevel
Usage examples of "bevelling".
So, bevelling around by Mullett's and the Signal House which they shortly reached, they proceeded perforce in the direction of Amiens street railway terminus, Mr Bloom being handicapped by the circumstance that one of the back buttons of his trousers had, to vary the timehonoured adage, gone the way of all buttons though, entering thoroughly into the spirit of the thing, he heroically made light of the mischance.
These loops were four feet long, cut in the usual bevelling manner, through the massive timbers.
A freckled boy of about seventeen was stooped over his jointer, busy bevelling a barrel-stave, and another a year or two younger was carefully paring long bands of willow for binding the staves together when the barrel was set up in its truss hoop.