notching
notching is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.
- 2.(Carp.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.
- 3.(Engin.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is the small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches called?
- What is a method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions called?
- What is a method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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