nitch

Alternative form of knitch (“a small bundle”).

"Bless thy simplicity, Tess," said her companions. "He's got his market-nitch. Haw-haw!"

Later in the morning, a party of villagers, led by the rector, go to Salisbury Cathedral, where four women, dressed in 19th-century costume and carrying nitches - bundles of sticks - dance on the cathedral green.

A notch or small incision.

Misspelling of niche.