notching noun. ['nɒtʃɪŋ] E17.
[from NOTCH verb + -ING¹.]
1. The action or process of making notches, esp. in carpentry as a method of joining timbers. E17.

2. A notch, an incision resembling a notch. M19.

3. A method of planting seedling trees in which a slit is made in the earth to take the roots of the plant. M19.

4. A type of pruning in which an incision is made in a twig above a bud to stimulate growth from the bud. E20.

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