Found 2 items, similar to bitter end.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bitter end bitter end n 1: the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); “he was determined to fight to the bitter end” 2: (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bitter end Bitter \Bit"ter\, n. [See Bitts.] (Naut.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. [1913 Webster] Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor. [1913 Webster]