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knittle|ˈnɪt(ə)l|
Also 7 knettel, 7–8 -le, (8 nittle, 9 nettle).
[A derivative of knit v.: see -le, -el1. OE. cnyttels is found once as a gloss to L. nervus.]
†1. A string or cord for tying or fastening. Obs. in gen. sense.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xcvii. (Tollem. MS.), Þred to sewynge, ropes to bindynge, and strenges to schetynge, knittels to knittynge [Ligamina ad connectendum]. Ibid. xvii. clxxv. (Bodl. MS.), Of persche beþ nedefulle bondes and knyttels [ed. 1495 knyttynges] made to binde up vines.
2. spec.
a. Naut. A small line made of yarn, used on board ship. Also attrib.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. v. 25 Knettels are two rope yarnes twisted together, and a knot at each end, where⁓unto to sease a blocke, a rope, or the like. 1762Falconer Shipwr. ii. 194 The reef enwrapp'd, th' inserted nittles [ed. 1769 inserting knittles] ty'd. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 30 Cut a nettle about two feet long. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Knittle, see Nettle. Ibid., Nettles, small line used for seizings, and for hammock-clues. 1885J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 185 If any hammock looked baggy or if the ‘knittles’ were not hauled taut.
b. (See quots.)
1847–78Halliwell, Knittle, a string fastened to the mouth of a sack to tie it with. Sussex. 1875in Parish Sussex Gloss. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1239/1 Knittle..2. a draw⁓string of a bag. 1881in Isle of Wight Gloss. |