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knottle

knottle noun: a knob.

Noun

knottle (plural knottles)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A knob.

Forms of knottle

pluralknottles

Origin of knottle

From Middle English knottil, cnottel (“little knot”), diminutive of knotte, cnotte (“knot”), equivalent to knot + -le. Cognate with Middle Dutch knuttel, Middle Low German knutel, Middle High German Knüttel (“little stick”). Compare also Old English cnyttels (“string, fiber, sinew”).

Questions about knottle

What does knottle mean?
Knottle means a knob.
What part of speech is knottle?
Knottle is a noun.
What is the plural of knottle?
The plural of knottle is knottles.

Words near knottle in the dictionary

  1. Knotting and Souldrop
  2. knotting off
  3. Knottingley
  4. knottings
  5. knottins
  6. knottle
  7. knottles
  8. Knottley
  9. Knotts
  10. knotty
  11. Knotty Ash

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