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knittle

knittle is the alternative form of nettles.

Meaning of nettles

Noun

nettles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small lengths of cord attached to a sail, used to secure the excess fabric after reefing; reef points

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Proper noun capitalized: Knittle

Knittle (plural Knittles)

  1. A surname.

Forms of knittle

Noun
pluralknittles
Proper noun
pluralKnittles

Origin of knittle

From knit.

Questions about knittle

What does knittle mean?
Knittle means a surname.
What is knittle the alternative form of?
Knittle is the alternative form of nettles.
What part of speech is knittle?
Knittle is a proper noun.

Words near knittle in the dictionary

  1. knitting up
  2. knitting yoghurt
  3. knitting-needle
  4. knitting-needles
  5. knittings
  6. knittle
  7. knittles
  8. KnitTok
  9. knitty-gritty
  10. knitwear
  11. knitwears

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knittle (page history and authors); Knittle (page history and authors); nettles (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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