▪ I. † ˈchamfret, v. Obs.
[? derivative of chamfer v.; not in French.]
= chamfer v. 2.
| 1611 Cotgr., Braser, to skue or chamfret, viz. to slope the edge of a stone. Ibid., Embrasé..skued, or chamfretted. Ibid., Embrasure..the skuing, splaying, or chamfretting of a doore, or window. |
(These quotations show the first appearance of what is now the current sense of chamfer.)
▪ II. † ˈchamfret, n. Obs.
[see prec.]
= chamfer n. 1. (Perh. only a dictionary error.)
| 1708 Kersey, Chamfer or Chamfret (in Architect.), a small Gutter or Furrow upon a Pillar, etc. And so, as a variant of chamfer n., in Bailey 1721, etc., Johnson 1755, Craig, Webster, etc. |