Main Entry: ²bevel

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French *bevel, from Old French *baivel, from baïf with open mouth, from baer to yawn — more at abeyance

Date: 1610

1 : an instrument consisting of two rules or arms jointed together and opening to any angle for drawing angles or adjusting surfaces to be cut at an angle
2 a : the angle that one surface or line makes with another when they are not at right angles b : the slant of such a surface or line
3 : the part of printing type extending from face to shoulder

[bevel illustration]