NOTCH

I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration (from misdivision of an otch) of *otch, from Middle French oche Date: 1577 1. a V-shaped indentation, a slit made to serve as a record, a rounded indentation cut into the pages of a book on the edge opposite the spine, a deep close pass ; gap , degree , step , ~ed adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1600 to cut or make a ~ in, 2. to mark or record by a ~, score , achieve