bevelled

as inincline
as inslant
as inslope
as incant

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Word Origin & History

1560s, possibly from Old French *baivel (Modern French béveau, biveau), possibly from bayer "to gape, yawn," from Latin *batare "to yawn, gape," from Latin root *bat-, possibly imitative of yawning. If so, the time gap is puzzling. The verb is first recorded 1670s. The noun is 1670s, from the adjective.

Example Sentences forbevelled

She looked at herself in the tall, bevelled mirror in the best chamber.

Many of these mirrors have bevelled glass, which, of course, is wrong.

One edge of each lath may, if desired, be bevelled a little.

The tenons are bevelled to fit and wedge each other in the mortise.

Its tip is a little rough, pointed and bevelled to some length down.

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Sometimes this bevelled glass is in small squares, with leaded joints.

The edges of the boards must be bevelled in order to make perfect joints.

The wick is, of course, bevelled to correspond to the form of its tube.

The lower outside edge is bevelled off to receive the ends of the ribs.