edge chamfer
1chamfer — Carpentry ► VERB ▪ cut away (a right angled edge or corner) to make a symmetrical sloping edge. ► NOUN ▪ a chamfered edge or corner. ORIGIN French chamfrain, from chant point, side, edge + fraint broken …
2chamfer Carpentry — [ tʃamfə] verb cut away (a right angled edge or corner) to make a symmetrical sloping edge. noun a chamfered edge or corner. Origin C16 (in the sense flute or furrow ): back form. from chamfering, from Fr. chamfrain, from chant (see cant2) +… …
3chamfer — (n.) c.1600, small groove cut in wood or stone, from M.Fr. chanfraindre (Mod.Fr. chanfreiner), pp. of chanfraint, second element from L. frangere to break (see FRACTION (Cf. fraction)); perhaps the whole word is cantum frangere to break the edge …
4chamfer — [cham′fər] n. [Fr chanfrein < OFr chanfraindre < chant fraindre < L cantum frangere: see CANT2 & BREAK] a beveled edge or corner, esp. one cut at a 45° angle vt. 1. to cut a chamfer on; bevel 2. to make a groove or fluting in …
5Chamfer — A chamfer with a lark s tongue end A chamfer is a beveled edge connecting two surfaces. If the surfaces are at right angles, the chamfer will typically be symmetrical at 45 degrees. A fillet is the rounding off of an interior corner. A rounding… …
6chamfer — chamferer, n. /cham feuhr/, n. 1. a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Cf. bevel. v.t. 2. to make a chamfer on or in. [1595 1605; back formation from chamfering (taken as… …
7Chamfer — 1) Surface created by removing a square edge obliquely. (Kenyon, John R. Medieval Fortifications, 211) 2) Bevel, plane formed by cut off angle. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 410) Related terms: Chamfer Cusp, Chamfer, Hollow,… …
8Chamfer Cusp — ♦ Cusps springing from the chamfered side or edge of an arched head (not the soffit, for which see soffit cusp. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 410) Related terms: Chamfer, Chamfer, Sunk, Chamfer, Hollow, Cusp …
9chamfer — I. transitive verb (chamfered; chamfering) Etymology: back formation from chamfering, alteration of Middle French chanfreint, from past participle of chanfraindre to bevel, from chant edge (from Latin canthus iron tire) + fraindre to break, from… …
10chamfer — /ˈtʃæmfə / (say chamfuh) noun 1. an oblique surface cut on the edge or corner of a solid, usually a board, made by removing the arris and usually sloping at 45°. –verb (t) 2. to cut so as to form a chamfer. 3. to cut channels or flutes in (a… …
