bitt

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/bɪt/

noun

The bitts.

“to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away”

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bollard
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Meanings

nounbitt (plural bitts)

plural bitts

  1. nauticalThe bitts.
  2. nauticalA bollard.
verbbitt (third-person singular simple present bitts, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)

present singular third person bitts · participle present bitting · participle past bitted · past bitted

  1. transitivenauticalTo put round the bitts.

    to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)

Similar
bollard
Broader
post
Also see
bollard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto bito
  • bitobollard
Finnish pollari
  • pollaribollard
German Poller
  • Pollerbollard
Irish ceap ceangail
  • ceap ceangailbollard
Italian bitta, galloccia
  • bittabollard
  • gallocciabollard
Polish pachołek
  • pachołekbollard
Russian кнехт
  • кнехт (knext)bollard
Spanish bita
  • bitabollard
Turkish iskele babası
  • iskele babasıbollard

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bitt

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Cite this entry
APA

bitt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitt

MLA

“bitt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bitt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitt.

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