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noun

Notching n.

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

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

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

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

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Etymology of 'Notching'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... subsequent operations, as hereinafter described), so as to avoid, as far as possible, weakening the bar transversely. This operation is repeated upon one of the pairs of webs a'; but whereas in the first operation of notching the web the "pitch" of the notches is determined by the feed mechanism, in this second operation of notching the notches, b, cut in the web, a, serve as guides to influence and compensate for any ...

— Scientific American Supplement No. 819 - Volume XXXII, Number 819. Issue Date September 12, 1891 • Various