Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See beveled, beveling.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bevel.
  • adjective Having a bevel, especially at an edge

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Examples

  • If you will examine the incisors of any rodent, whether it be a rat, a mouse, a rabbit, or a beaver, you will see that the tips are "bevelled" off just like the edge of a chisel.

    The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 Various

  • The interior of the basin is flat and gently bevelled, creating a delicate “wave,” while its overall shape is exceptionally soft, creating a sense of effortless motion.

    “Easy Click” Panels for Bathroom Furniture 2009

  • He thinks of roofing tiles and bevelled glass and things that you find in a shed.

    Says the Sky Sally Houtman 2011

  • And let's say she stands to face him squarely as the music climbs and she glances past his shoulder, past the folds of his garment, and through the bevelled window she can see the sky so wildly blue and she feels the jump and shiver of something urgent and exacting, and there is no one on the dance floor but those two.

    One Slow Dance with Buddha Sally Houtman 2011

  • It was written on clean linen paper, tucked against the bevelled edge of the bedroom mirror.

    My Other Mother is a Ferrari Sally Houtman 2012

  • They all had stupid buckles, patterns on the leather, some kind of stitching, bevelled edges, or some such goofiness.

    Waldo Jaquith - My Virginia belt. 2008

  • Keith took the Parkes billhook to it and bevelled off the top.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Always working with the same billhook, Keith bevelled off the ends of each ligger to make a join.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Keith took the Parkes billhook to it and bevelled off the top.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Always working with the same billhook, Keith bevelled off the ends of each ligger to make a join.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

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