Kerbe.
dent, groove, nick, notch
Meaning & usage
dent, groove, nick, notch
kerf
bullseye (nautical)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German kërbe (“incision, notch”), from Old High German *kerba, from Proto-West Germanic *kerbā, from Proto-Germanic *kerbǭ, related to *kerbaną (“to cut, carve”). Cognate with German Low German Karve, Middle Dutch kerve, Saterland Frisian Käärwe, Old Norse kjarf (“bundle”), Old English cyrf (“incision”) (whence English kerf).
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