beveller

beveller

English

Alternative forms

• beveler (US)

Etymology

bevel +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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

Noun

beveller (plural bevellers)

1. One who bevels.
   • 1961, Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy, New York: Signet, Chapter Four, p. 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, p. 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, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:

     There were doorbells of moribund trades, a glass beveller, a “Church and Legal” printer.

2. A tool or machine used for bevelling.

   bamboo beveller

   pipe beveller

   soap beveller