—n.
1 a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge.
2 (in full bevel square) a tool for marking angles in carpentry and stonework.
—v. (bevelled, bevelling; US beveled, beveling)
1 tr. reduce (a square edge) to a sloping edge.
2 intr. slope at an angle; slant.
Phrases and idioms:
bevel gear a gear working another gear at an angle to it by means of bevel wheels. bevel wheel a toothed wheel whose working face is oblique to the axis.
Etymology: OF bevel (unrecorded) f. baiumlf f. baer gape
Useful english dictionary. 2012.