2 entries under this word

Notch

Nŏtch, n.

noun

n. [From nock, q. v.] 1. A hollow cut in any thing; a nick; an indentation.

And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift.

Sense 2. A narrow passage scooped out, as it were, between two elevations; a deep, close pass; as, the notch of a mountain.

Nŏtch, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. NOTCHED (nŏcht); p. pr. & vb. n. NOTCHING.] 1. To cut in small hollows; as, to notch a stick. 2. To place in a notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow.

God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick.