notchingn.
/ˈnɒtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑtʃɪŋ/ 1. The action or process of making notches, esp. in carpentry as a method of joining timbers. Also concrete: the result of this; a notched appearance or effect.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched
nicking1551
notching1599
gappinga1684
notch1844
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > methods of
mortising1589
notching1599
scarfing1644
tabulation1658
mitringc1664
tenoning1678
dovetailing1703
cocking1710
tabling1717
cogging1823
foxtail-wedging1825
mitre dovetailing1825
halving1842
key-dovetailing1847
boxing1874
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 139/3 Harpadúra, a skotching or notching of any thing.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Creneure, a iagging, nicking, notching.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 564 Notching admits two pieces to be joined at from one to four angles.
1847 A. C. Smeaton Builder's Pocket Man. (new ed.) 80 The carpenter usually connects his timbers either by notching, or by mortice and tenon.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 686/1 Dentelle,..an ornamental tooling resembling notching or lace.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1534/2 Halving, scarfing, and cauking are forms of notching, and form a lap-joint.
1954 J. F. Kirkaldy Gen. Princ. Geol. ix. 95 A period of still-stand..not sufficiently long enough for more than the notching of the more resistant chalk.
1963 V. Austin Workshop Theory v. 56 ‘Notching’..allows edges and joints to fit closely without overlapping or leaving a gap.
1996 R. Neich in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture iv. 90 The oldest manifestation of the taratara-a-kai pattern consists of a raised crooked line with soft notching along the edges.
2. A notch, incision, or indentation. Frequently in plural.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched > a notch
nick?a1450
gap1530
notch1555
natch1570
notching1640
nitch1726
snick1775
nicking1844
jog1845
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 61 This black Mullein hath foure or five leaves lying upon the ground somewhat long and broad,..without any manifest dents or notchings about the edges.
1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. iv. 26 Now look at this [salt], ain't it a gem? none of your finical flutings and notchings about it.
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria ix. 201 The galleries thus formed falling in, and producing furrow-like markings, with or without transverse notchings.
1882 C. C. Abbott Primitive Industry ii. 32 It..may be allied to the peculiar notchings on many ornamental objects.
1925 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 15 185 (caption) Fragment of urn of smoked ware..with vertical notchings.
1952 Man 52 96/1 It [sc. a spear] is remarkable for..the long notched shaft... There are three groups of two pairs of these barbs or notchings.
3. Forestry. A method of planting seedling trees in which a slit is made in the earth to take the roots of the plant.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > planting trees or afforestation > notch-planting
notching1847
notch planting1953
1847 J. Brown Forester iii. 85 He [sc. the superintendent] must examine almost each tree as it is put into the ground, whether it may be done by the pitting or notching system.
1851 J. Brown Forester (ed. 2) iii. 237 The method of planting termed notching, or slitting, is done with the common spade or planting mattock.
1891 W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. ii. 126 Notching..differs from planting with a peg in the shape of the planting hole, which is that of a notch.
1930 Forestry 4 18 Notching. The idea behind this type of planting is to..make an opening quickly which is of sufficient size to take in the roots of small plants.
1953 H. L. Edlin Forester's Handbk. ix. 145 A proper straight notching spade..has no ‘crank’ between handle and blade.
1967 C. E. Hart Pract. Forestry (ed. 2) iv. 63 The most usual method [of planting] is notching with a spade or a mattock.
4.
a. Horticulture. A type of pruning in which an incision is made in a branch to stimulate the growth of a bud immediately below the incision.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other types of pruning
frondation1664
snag-pruning1823
spurring-in1829
spur pruning1842
spurring1844
notching1898
nicking1949
1898 L. H. Bailey Pruning-bk. iv. 169 Notching into the wood above a bud tends to produce strong growth from that bud.
1913 J. C. Newsham Propagation & Pruning 23 Notching is used to force the development of particular buds, the notch being made in the bark and young wood immediately above the selected bud.
1972 G. E. Brown Pruning of Trees ii. 24 ‘Notching’..is carried out during the dormant season, when a notch is cut about 10 to 15 mm. above the bud, completely removing a wedge-shaped piece.
1994 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 119 628/1 Notching is a technique that has been noted in several pomology textbooks as a method to stimulate lateral branching.
b. Forestry (chiefly North American). A method of killing trees by making a deep notch in the trunk; esp. = notch-girdling n. at notch n. Compounds 2.
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1934 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 61 250 Three methods [of girdling] were used: (a) Notching, or chopping out a clean notch one to two inches into the sapwood, similar to the cut made when felling a tree. The notch was made completely around the tree.
1964 Forestry Terminol. (Soc. Amer. Foresters) (ed. 3) 36/2 Girdling may take several forms, viz.:..Notching, ringing the tree with notches cut well into the sapwood.
1994 Scand. Jrnl. Forest Res. 9 185 Aspens killed by notching, which are common in eastern Finland, had a poor fauna.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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