kerf

noun

1. a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
2. Mining. a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
3. the act of cutting or carving.

verb (used with object)

4. to make a kerf or kerfs in (a piece of wood, a coal seam, etc.).

noun

1. the cut made by a saw, an axe, etc