5 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun a sloping edge on a cutting tool
originBorrowed from French bisel, a dialectal variant of biseau (“sloping edge”), a variation on bijou (“jewel”), itself from Breton bisou, bizou (“ring worn on the finger”), from biz (“finger”). Unrelated to similar bevel, which is of a different French origin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0