noun
- a tool consisting of a rule with a movable arm, used in measuring or marking angles and in fixing surfaces at an angle
- an angle other than a right angle
- sloping part or surface, as the angled edge of plate glass
Origin:
prob. < OFr *baivel, dim. < baif, gaping: see bay
transitive verb beveled or bevelled, beveling or bevelling
to cut to an angle other than a right angle
intransitive verb
to slope at an angle; slant