notch

A V-shaped cut.

Such a cut used for keeping a record.

A narrow pass between mountains.

A level or degree.

To cut a notch in.

To record by or as if by making notches.

To achieve; score.

To cut a notch or notches in; indent; nick; hack; as, to notch a stick.

To place in a notch; fit to a string by the notch, as an arrow.