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notchings

notchings is the plural of notching.

Meaning of notching

Noun

notching (plural notchings)

  1. A notched mark or pattern.
    • She looked up into his face and he into hers, and he saw her light-struck green eyes and the delicate notchings of her crow's feet.2003, John Hough, The Last Summer, page 136
  2. A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.

Questions about notchings

What is notchings the plural of?
Notchings is the plural of notching.

Words near notchings in the dictionary

  1. notchier
  2. notchiest
  3. notchiness
  4. notching
  5. notching up
  6. notchings
  7. notchless
  8. notchplasties
  9. notchplasty
  10. notcht
  11. notchweed

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