bitt-pin

noun

A device like a belaying pin but of heavier scantlings; a turned length of wood or metal passed through the bitts or cross-piece, used to prevent the cable from slipping off or over the bitt-heads yet removable so as to facilitate doing so.

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Meanings

nounbitt-pin (plural bitt-pins)

plural bitt-pins · alternative bitt pin

  1. nauticalA device like a belaying pin but of heavier scantlings; a turned length of wood or metal passed through the bitts or cross-piece, used to prevent the cable from slipping off or over the bitt-heads yet removable so as to facilitate doing so.
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APA

bitt-pin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitt-pin

MLA

“bitt-pin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitt-pin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bitt-pin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitt-pin.

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