† knitchet Obs. rare—1.
[f. knitch + -et1.]
A small knitch; a handful (of reeds, etc.).
But in quot. perh. misprint for knitches, usual in Holland.
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. xx. xvii. 100 The said stems are slit and clouen..when they be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets or handfuls. |