1.
[syn: bollard, bitt]
VERB (1)
1. secure with a bitt;
- Example: "bitt the ship line"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bitt \Bitt\, n. (Naut.)
See Bitts.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bitt
n 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, bitt]
v 1: secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"