beveller

English

Alternative forms

beveler (US)

Etymology

bevel +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛvələ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛvəlɚ/, /ˈbɛvl̩ɚ/

Noun

beveller (plural bevellers)

One who bevels.
- 1961, Irving Stone, chapter 4, in The Agony and the Ecstasy, New York: Signet, page 202:
  He scoured Florence looking at coopers with their heavy wooden hammers, the wool dyers with their arms stained blue and green, the ironmongers, blacksmiths, rustic stone bevelers working the Strozzi palace […]
- 1981, Vincent L. Fox, Glass Beveling‎, Hidden House, page 35:
  The bevelers of early America often affixed a highly individualized “beveler’s mark” to their finished products.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 16, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
  There were doorbells of moribund trades, a glass beveller, a “Church and Legal” printer.
A tool or machine used for bevelling.
bamboo beveller

pipe beveller

soap beveller

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