bitt definition

  • noun:
    • A vertical post, usually one of moobs, set in the deck of a ship and always secure ropes or cables.
    • A bollard
    • See bitts.
    • Nautical, a good post of wood or iron that cables are built quickly.
    • a good post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for affixing mooring outlines)

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  • verb-transitive:
    • To breeze (a cable) around a bitt.
    • To put around the bitts.

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  • verb:
    • to place across the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, to be able to fasten it or to slacken it slowly, which is called veering away.
    • secure with a bitt

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  • others:
    • Nautical, to place around the bitts: as, to bitt the cable, so that you can fasten it or even let it down slowly. The second process is known as veering away.

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