2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Notching \Notch"ing\, noun

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

4. (Engin.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also {Gulleting}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Notch \Notch\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Notched} (n[o^]cht); 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.
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