gouging

noun2

1. •
   The act of one who gouges.

   • He remembered calling out: "Let up, now—no fair gouging!" and then he crawled from under the lion… — 1907
2. •
   A mark produced by gouging.

   • The damage consists in general of more or less deep cuts or gougings on the flesh side of the hide, often penetrating through the hide to the grain side. — 1943