a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
–verb (used with object)
2.
to make a chamfer on or in.
Origin: 1595–1605; back formation from chamfering (taken as chamfer + -ing1) < MF chamfrein, var. of chanfreint beveled edge, orig. ptp. of chanfraindre to bevel, equiv. to chant edge (< L canthus;see cant2) + fraindre to break < L frangere;see frangible
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