Kit, n.

n. [D. kit, a large bottle, O. D. kitte, beaker, decanter.]

1. A vessel of various kinds and uses; as, (a.) A wooden tub or pail; a kid; as a kit for milk; a kit of mackerel. (b.) A straw or rush basket, used to carry fish, or for other purposes. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. That which contains or comprises a necessary outfit, as of tools, necessaries, &c., as of a workman, a soldier, and the like; hence, a whole outfit; necessary provision; and the like; in general, the whole of any thing made up of separate parts or individuals.
3. A small violin or fiddle. “A dancing-master’s kit.” Grew.

I’ll have his little gut to string a kit with. Beaum. & Fl. Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Dickens.