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Chamfer

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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CHAMPFER or CHAUMFER (Fr. chanfrein; possibly from Lat. cantus, corner, and frangere, to break), an architectural term; when the edge or arris of any work is cut off at an angle of 45° in a small degree, it is said to be "chamfered," while it would be "canted" if on a large scale. The chamfer is much used in medieval work, and is sometimes plain, sometimes hollowed out and sometimes moulded. Chamfers are sometimes. "stopped" by a bead or some moulding, but when cut short by a slope they are generally known as "stop chamfer."

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Chamfer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/chamfer.html. 1910.
 
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