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語源

From 中期英語 *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbɛv.əl/
• 韻: -ɛvəl

名詞

bevel (plural bevels)

1. An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
   • 2026 August, Collin Knoff, “Mid-Century Modern Table”, in Popular Woodworking, volume 290, number 4, page 50:

     I added a bevel all around the bottom to reduce the visual mass a bit. A lot of MCM furniture uses tricks like this to appear lighter.

   to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab

2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
   • 1832, Edward Shaw, Civil Architecture:

     finding the length with a bevel

3. (gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
   • 1974, The New York Times Book Review, volume 2, page 35:

     The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers, bevels, cut edges, loaded dice, […]

   • 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 176:

     Bevels are shapes having one or more sides sandpapered so that they are slightly rounded rather than flat.

派生語

動詞

bevel (third-person singular simple present bevels, present participle (US) beveling or (UK) bevelling, simple past and past participle (US) beveled or (UK) bevelled)

1. (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

派生語

形容詞

bevel (comparative more bevel, superlative most bevel)

1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

   a bevel angle

2. (obsolete, figurative) Morally distorted; not upright.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 121”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel.

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アナグラム

• BLEVE, bleve