bitt  (b ĭt) Nautical
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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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