kerf
[ kurf ]
noun
a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
Mining. a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
the act of cutting or carving.
verb (used with object)
to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).
Origin of kerf
1before 1000; Middle English kerf, kirf,Old English cyrf a cutting (cognate with Old Frisian kerf); akin to carve
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British Dictionary definitions for kerf
kerf
/ (kɜːf) /
noun
the cut made by a saw, an axe, etc
Origin of kerf
1Old English cyrf a cutting; related to Old English ceorfan to carve
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