Obs. [see prec.] = CHAMFER sb. 1. (Perh. only a dictionary error.)
1706. Kersey, Chamfer or Chamfret, (in Architect.) a small Gutter, or Furrow upon a Pillar, &c. And so, as a variant of CHAMFER sb., in Bailey, 1721, etc., Johnson 1755, Craig, Webster, etc.
