Obs. rare–1. [f. KNITCH + -ET.] 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.
