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knitch

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • nĭch
  • /nɪt͡ʃ/
  • rhymes with -ɪtʃ
  • homophone: nitch

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noun

Meaning 1

A small bundle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, dialectal

Examples

  • a knitch of wheat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).