English Explanatory Dictionary

knitch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small bundle.

Pronunciation

nĭch /nɪt͡ʃ/

Word forms

knitch knitches nitch

Etymology

From Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), from Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), deverbative of ġecnyċċan, cnyċċan (“to tie, bind together, connect”), from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną; akin to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”).

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