Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bitt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bitt \Bitt\, n. (Naut.)
See {Bitts}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bitt \Bitt\, v. t. [See {Bitts}.] (Naut.)
To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to
fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering
away. --Totten.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bitt
n : a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching
mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic
with bollards" [syn: {bollard}]
v : secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"
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