'bevel square' definitions:
Definition of 'bevel square'
From: WordNet
noun
A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size [syn: bevel, bevel square]
Definition of 'bevel square'
From: GCIDE
- Bevel \Bev"el\, n. [C. F. biveau, earlier buveau, Sp. baivel; of unknown origin. Cf. Bevile.]
- 1. Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]