'Indented line' definitions:
Definition of 'Indented line'
From: GCIDE
- Indented \In*dent"ed\, a.
- 1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. --Milton. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Zool.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds. [1913 Webster]
- Indented line (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving a flanking fire along the front of the next. [1913 Webster]