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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Notching

· Notch·ing · IPA
01 n. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
  1. 1.
    The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
  2. 2.
    The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.
  3. 3.
    A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.(Carp.)
  4. 4.
    A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.(Engin.) See: Gulleting