Meaning

noun two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

verb cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel

verb cut a furrow into a columns

originBack-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0