bitt

[ bit ]

/ bɪt /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object)

to wrap (a cable) around a bitt to secure it.

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Origin of bitt

Middle English, perhaps <Dutch or Low German; compare Dutch, Low German beting, in same sense, akin to Middle High German bizze wooden peg, Old Norse biti crossbeam

Words nearby bitt

bitser, bit slice, bitstock, bitstream, bitsy, bitt, bitten, bitter, bitter apple, bitterbark, bitterbrush

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How to use bitt in a sentence

Finally a very small bird, tsina bitt kaiya patsrk, succeeded in carrying the bear.
Pomo Bear Doctors|Samuel Alfred Barrett
From 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 Hancock
But now young Halstead soon had a stout hitch about the towing bitt at the bow.
The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless|H. Irving Hancock
And 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 Llull

Mr. 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

bitt

/ (bɪt) nautical /

noun

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)

verb

(tr) to secure (a line) by means of a bitt

Word Origin for bitt

C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse biti cross beam, Middle High German bizze wooden peg

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