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saddle notch 
a saddle-notched joint.
See also: saddling
- 1930 He disdained the clumsy "squaw notch," where one log sits simply in a shallow groove cut in the one below, and fitted them neatly into place with the "saddle notch," a triangular ridge cut to fit closely into a deep V in the log above. One grade higher is the dovetail, or "square corner," but that takes time and requires a good axeman at each end of the log.
- 1948 But the real little log cabin . . . would be rather low with the logs crossed at the corners, "saddle" and "notch" style. . . .
- 1930 He disdained the clumsy "squaw notch," where one log sits simply in a shallow groove cut in the one below, and fitted them neatly into place with the "saddle notch," a triangular ridge cut to fit closely into a deep V in the log above. One grade higher is the dovetail, or "square corner," but that takes time and requires a good axeman at each end of the log.