[cham.fer] vt cham.fered ; cham.fer.ing [back-formation fr. chamfering, alter. of MF chanfreint, fr. pp. of chanfraindre to bevel, fr. chant edge (fr. L canthus iron tire) + fraindre to break, fr. L frangere--more at cant, break] (ca. 1573) 1: to cut a furrow in (as a column): groove
2: to make a chamfer on: bevel
[2]chamfer n (ca. 1847): a beveled edge