'Notching' definitions:
Definition of 'Notching'
From: GCIDE
- Notch \Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched (n[o^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Notching.]
- 1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. [1913 Webster]
- God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Notching'
From: GCIDE
- Notching \Notch"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Carp.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Engin.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting. [1913 Webster]