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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
NOTCHING
NOTCHING
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.
)
Defn: A
method
of
joining
timbers,
scantling,
etc.
,
by
notching
them,
as
at
the
ends,
and
overlapping
or
interlocking
the
notched
portions.
4. (
Engin.
)
Defn: A
method
of
excavating,
as
in
a
bank,
by
a
series
of
cuttings
side
by
side.
See
also
Gulleting.