- chamfer Carpentry
- chamfer Carpentry ['tʃamfə]verb cut away (a right-angled edge or corner) to make a symmetrical sloping edge.noun a chamfered edge or corner.OriginC16 (in the sense 'flute or furrow'): back-form. from chamfering, from Fr. chamfrain, from chant (see cant2) + fraint 'broken'.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.