kerf

A groove or notch made by a cutting tool, such as a saw or an ax.

The width of a groove made by a cutting tool.

A Middle English preterit of carve.

To cut (a strip or bar of wood) with one or more kerfs for the purpose of bending it.

A cut; an incision; a stroke with a weapon.

A channel or cut made in wood by a saw or other cutting-instrument.

In a cloth-shearing machine, the wool taken off in one passage through the cutter.

A layer of hay or turf. [Prov. Eng.]—5. That which is cut; a Cutting.

A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.

The groove or slit created by cutting a workpiece; an incision.