chamfering, vbl. n.
(ˈtʃæmfərɪŋ)
[see chamfer v. and n.: possibly chamfering is the earliest word, and directly ad. F. chamfrein, -frin.]
† 1. Channelling, fluting, grooving; concr. = chamfer n. 1. Obs.
| 1565–73 Cooper Thesaur., Strio..to make rabates, chanels, or chamfering in stone or timber. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Caneler, to make rabates, chanels, a chaunfering in Stone or Timber. 1611 Coryat Crudities 24 The roofe..vaulted with very sumptuous frettings or chamferings. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. s.v. Corniche, The Composite [Pillar]..with its Channels or Chamferings. |
2. The bevelling of a right-angled edge; a cutting aslope; concr. = chamfer n. 2.
| 1727–31 Bailey II, Cha·mfering, chamfrai·ning (in Carpentry, etc.) is the cutting the edge or end of anything aslope or bevel. 1851 Ruskin Stones Ven. I. xvi. §9 The splaying or chamfering of the jamb of the larger door. |
3. Comb., as chamfering-bit, a boring-bit used with a brace to chamfer holes to receive the heads of screws; chamfering lathe (see quot.); chamfering machine, ‘a machine for bevelling the ends of staves after being set in a cask’ (Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. a 1884); chamfering-tool, a saddler's tool for paring down the edges of leather.
| 1580 Baret Alv. C 310 To make chamfering rabates, or chanels in stone or timber. a 1877 Knight Dict. Mech., Chamfering-bit, -tool. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 83 Marked..with a pointed drill or chamfering tool. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §200 A chamfering lathe, to chamfer or bevel bottom edge or shield of metal bobbins [etc.]. |