Any alteration from a square in hewing timber, as taken by the bevel, bevelling rule, or bevelling boards.
♦ A standing bevelling is that made without, or outside a square; an under-bevelling within; and the angle is optionally acute or obtuse. In ship-building, it is the art of hewing a timber with a proper and regular curve, according to a mould which is laid on one side of its surface.