notching

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of notch

noun

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.”

2. A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.