bevel
noun/ˈbevl/
/ˈbevl/
- a sloping edge or surface, for example at the side of a picture frame or sheet of glass
- a tool for making sloping edges on wood or stone
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘oblique’): from an Old French diminutive of baif ‘open-mouthed’, from baer ‘to gape’.
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