Obs. [dim. of KNOT sb.1: see -LE.] A small knot; a knob; a tangle (of rope).
a. 1500[?]. Life Alexander (in MS. Lincoln A. i. 17 lf. 1) (Halliwell). He hade a heued lyke a bulle, and knottilles in his frount, as thay had bene the bygynnyng of hornes.
1568. Fullwell, Like will to Like, in Hazl., Dodsley, III. 333. A bag and a bottle, or else a rope knottle.
