Carpentry 【木工】
with obj.
- cut away (a right-angled edge or corner) to make a symmetrical sloping edge削去（直角边或角）形成均匀斜面。
- a symmetrical sloping surface at an edge or corner（边或角的）均匀斜面。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'flute or furrow'）： back-formation from chamfering, from French chamfrain, from chant 'edge' （see CANT2 ） + fraint 'broken' （from Old French fraindre 'break'， from Latin frangere）.