knitch

English

Alternative forms

• nitch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun

knitch (plural knitches)

1. (archaic, dialectal) A small bundle.

   a knitch of wheat

Anagrams

• thinck