chamfer(n = noun.artifact) bevel, cant - two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees;
is a kind of edge
has particulars: splay
Derived forms verb chamfer₂, verb chamfer₁

1.  chamfer(v = verb.contact) bevel - cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface"
is one way to cut
Derived form noun chamfer₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  chamfer(v = verb.contact) chase, furrow - cut a furrow into a columns;
is one way to cut
Derived form noun chamfer₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

   The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc. [1913 Webster]

1.  To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute. [1913 Webster]

2.  To make a chamfer on. [1913 Webster]

chamfer, v. & n.
--v.tr. bevel symmetrically (a right-angled edge or corner).
--n. a bevelled surface at an edge or corner.

Etymology:
back-form. f. chamfering f. F chamfrain f. chant edge (CANT(2)) + fraint broken f. OF fraindre break f. L frangere

N  furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.

chamfer bit, chamfer plane