bitt
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
to wrap (a cable) around a bitt to secure it.
Origin of bitt
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How to use bitt in a sentence
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Pomo Bear Doctors | Samuel Alfred BarrettFrom there they crawled forward over the raised deck, slipping the line, at last, between the two raised ends of the towing bitt.
The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless | H. Irving HancockBut now young Halstead soon had a stout hitch about the towing bitt at the bow.
The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless | H. Irving HancockAnd that iryn bitt in mouth betakenis, that he suld refrenȝe his mouth fra bathe euill viciouse speche and euill thouchtis.
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood | Ramon LlullMr. Duncan, who had come aboard just before we left the dock, was trying to sit on the weather bitt near the wheel-box.
The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
British Dictionary definitions for bitt
/ (bɪt) nautical /
one of a pair of strong posts on the deck of a ship for securing mooring and other lines
another word for bollard (def. 1)
(tr) to secure (a line) by means of a bitt
Origin of bitt
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