Notch

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 398

noch, n. A nick indentation a hollow cut in anything a deep, close pa or defile. — v. [notched (nockt), notching.] To cut in small hollows to place in a notch. [ME. and Sw. dial. nokke, OD. nocke same as 7iick perh. D. nok, a ]>in,_peg.]