Definitions For Kerf

Verb

{{en-verb}} To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.

Noun

{{en-noun, kerfs}} (now, rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice. The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision. The distance between diverge, diverging saw teeth. The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section. The portion or quantity (e.g. of hay, turf, wool, etc.) cut off in a given stroke.

Related terms

carve swarf

Translations

Bulgarian: рязка, f Finnish: lovi, uurros German: Einschnitt, m, Kerbe, f, Nut, f, Schlitz, m, Schnittfuge, f, Fuge, f Italian: intaccatura, f Russian: зару́бка, f, надру́б, m, пропи́л, m Finnish: uurros French: voie German: Schränkung, f Russian: {{t-check, ru, ширина́ развод, разво́да зуб, зу́бьев пила, пилы́}} {{attention, ru, 2=was "ширина развод, развода зуб, зубьев пила, пилы" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see user:kephir/gadgets/xte#translation_fixing}} Spanish: traba, f

Etymology

From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from {{inh, en, ang, cyrf, t=an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, kurbiz, t=a cut; notch}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *gerbʰ-, t=to scratch}}.