notching

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noun

A notched mark or pattern.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of notch
nounnotching (plural notchings)

plural notchings

  1. A notched mark or pattern.

    She looked up into his face and he into hers, and he saw her light-struck green eyes and the delicate notchings of her crow's feet.

    2003, John Hough, The Last Summer, page 136
  2. A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.
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