Definitions
make a small cut or score into
Word origin
From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.
Used in a sentence
“a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground”
“He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home. And he was always aware of this fall of silence on his entry, the shutting off of life, the unwelcome.”
“The cars are positioned and secured solely by simple scotches pegged into the decking of the vehicle and easily movable; [...].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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