NOTCHING

Verb

notching

present participle of notch

Noun

notching (plural notchings)

A notched mark or pattern.

A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.

Source: Wiktionary

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Notch"ing, n.

1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.

2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.

3. (Carp.)

Definition: A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.

4. (Engin.)

Definition: A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.

NOTCH

Notch, n. Etym: [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. Nick a notch.]

1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift.

2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.

Notch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched; p. pr. & vb. n. Notching.]

1. To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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