Notch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Notch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Notch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
notch n a V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch" the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" Synonym(s): pass, mountain pass, notch a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface; "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver" a small cut Synonym(s): notch, nick, snick v cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope" notch a surface to record something
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notch \Notch\, n. [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. {Nick} a notch.] 1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. --Swift. 2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notch \Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Notched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Notching}.] 1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick. 2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick.