vbl. sb. [see CHAMFER v. and sb.: possibly chamfering is the earliest word, and directly ad. F. chamfrein, -frin.]
† 1. Channelling, fluting, grooving; concr. = CHAMFER sb. 1. Obs.
1565–73. Cooper, Thesaurus, Strio … to make rabates, chanels, or chamfering in stone or timber.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Caneler, to make rabates, chanels, a chaunfering in Stone or Timber.
1611. Coryat, Crudities, 24. The roofe … vaulted with very sumptuous frettings or chamferings.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., s.v. Corniche, The Composite [Pillar] … with its Channels or Chamferings.
2. The beveling of a right-angled edge; a cutting aslope; concr. = CHAMFER sb. 2.
1727–31. Bailey, II. Cha·mfering, chamfrai·ning (in Carpentry, &c.) is the cutting the edge or end of anything aslope or bevel.
1851. Ruskin, Stones Ven., I. xvi. § 9. The splaying or chamfering of the jamb of the larger door.
3. attrib. and Comb., as chamfering-bit, -tool.
1580. Baret, Alv., C 310. To make chamfering rabates, or chanels in stone or timber.
1884. F. J. Britten, Watch & Clockm., 83. Marked … with a pointed drill or chamfering tool.
