notching

A notch or series of notches.

In engineering, same as gulleting.

In carpentry, a simple method of joining timbers in a frame, either by dovetails or by square joints or lap-joints. Calking, halving, and scarfing are forms of it.

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

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

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

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

Present participle of notch.