Found 2 items, similar to Bitts.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bitt
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]
bitt
v : secure with a bitt;
“bitt the ship line”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bitts
Bitts
\Bitts\, n. pl. [Cf. F. bitte, Icel. biti, a beam. ?87.]
(Naut.)
A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the
fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the
ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for
belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass
(carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the
pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.
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