Chamfer

cham′fėr, n. a bevel or slope made by paring off the edge of anything originally right-angled, either in wood or stone work: a groove, channel, or furrow.— v.t. to cut or grind off bevel-wise, as a corner: to channel or make furrows upon; to flute, as a column.— adj. Cham′fered , furrowed, grooved, wrinkled. [Fr. chanfrein —O. Fr. chanfraindre , which acc. to Dr Murray may be from chant fraindre —L. cantum frangĕre , to break the edge or side.]