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, 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^[1], 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.

2. A tool or machine used for bevelling.

   bamboo beveller

   pipe beveller

   soap beveller