notching

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of notch
2. noun A notched mark or pattern.
3. noun A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.

Similar words

prick slit snick scratch incision pass nick dent mountain pass dovetail

Often followed by

of the and is up or in on a