'Chamfer' definitions:

Definition of 'chamfer'

noun

Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: bevel, cant, chamfer]

verb

Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface" [syn: bevel, chamfer]

verb

Cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]

From: GCIDE

Chamfer \Cham"fer\, n. [See Chamfron.] The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Chamfer \Cham"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chamfered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chamfering. ] [1913 Webster]
1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute. [1913 Webster]
2. To make a chamfer on. [1913 Webster]