Bitt Definition
bĭt
bitts
noun
bitts
A vertical post, usually one of a pair, set on the deck of a ship and used to secure ropes or cables.
American Heritage
Any of the strong deck posts, usually in pairs, around which ropes or cables are wound and held fast, as in mooring.
Webster's New World
(nautical) The bitts.
Wiktionary
(nautical) A bollard.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
bitts
To wind (a cable) around a bitt.
American Heritage
(nautical) To put round the bitts.
To bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.
Wiktionary
Origin of Bitt
Perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin Old Norse biti crossbeam
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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