bevelledbeveledadj.
/ˈbɛvəld/ Made or cut to a bevel; sloped off.
a. gen.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > placed at an angle > bevelling or bevelled
bevel1609
canted1649
bevelling1678
bevelled1758
chamfered?1790
splayed1823
sprung1825
splaying1874
snaped1875
1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 105 The bevilled roof of the south-west corner.
1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 453 Bevelled-wheels are much used for changing the direction of motion in wheel-work.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §11. 292 The precipice, upon a bevelled slope of which some blocks long continued to rest.
1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iii. 71 Brought to a bevelled edge.
b. spec. in Architecture; in Crystallography (see quot.); in Heraldry = bevel adj. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > bevelled
bevelled1840
1840 T. Hope Ess. Archit. (ed. 3) I. xii. 123 The porch..affords five bevilled entrances.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xvi. 175 I do not like the sound of the word ‘splayed’; I always shall use ‘bevelled’ instead.
1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 51 An edge is bevelled when replaced by two faces which are respectively equally inclined to the adjacent faces.
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adj.1758