kerfing

noun

1. (music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.

- Do you prefer bent solid linings or kerfings in your guitar? If kerfings, would you like regular or reversed kerfing?

verb

1. present participle of kerf