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bitt

   [bit]
Nautical
–noun
1. 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)
2. to wrap (a cable) around a bitt to secure it.
Origin:
ME, perh. < D or LG; cf. D, LG beting, in same sense, akin to MHG bizze wooden peg, ON biti crossbeam
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bitt     (bĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A vertical post, usually one of a pair, set on the deck of a ship and used to secure ropes or cables.

tr.v.   bitt·ed, bitt·ing, bitts
To wind (a cable) around a bitt.


[Perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; akin to Old Norse biti, crossbeam.]

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bitt

noun
1. 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] 

verb
1. secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line" 

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Bitt

Bitt\, n. (Naut.) See Bitts.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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.

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