notch

Main Entry: ¹notch 

Pronunciation: \ˈnäch\

Function: noun

Etymology: perhaps alteration (from misdivision of an otch) of *otch, from Middle French oche

Date: 1577

1 a : a V-shaped indentation b : a slit made to serve as a record c : a rounded indentation cut into the pages of a book on the edge opposite the spine
2 : a deep close pass : gap
3 : degree, step

— notched \ˈnächt\ adjective