Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A vertical post, usually one of a pair, set on the deck of a ship and used to secure ropes or cables.
- v. To wind (a cable) around a bitt.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Nautical, a strong post of wood or iron to which cables are made fast. Bitts are fastened to the deck, generally in pairs, and are named according to their uses: as, riding-bitts, towing-bitts, windlass-bitts, etc.
- Nautical, to put round the bitts: as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to let it out gradually. The latter process is called veering away.
Wiktionary
- v. 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.
- n. nautical A bollard
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Naut.) See bitts.
- v. (Naut.) To put round the bitts.
WordNet 3.0
- v. secure with a bitt
- n. a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
Etymologies
- Perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; akin to Old Norse biti, crossbeam. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“July 17th, 2008 at 6: 33 am i'm in ff3 on a pc and it looks fine to me … must be mac ff3 users who are experiencing trouble? anyway, i like a cleaner look, personally … grungy sites are great for personal use, but i think the more professional sites look better without it. (however, i wouldn't be against seeing a 'bitt' more personalization here …)”
“Oofty-Oofty took a turn on a bitt, the rope tautened, and the Ghost, lunging onward, jerked the cook to the surface.”
“One man I noticed fetch up, head on and square on, with the starboard bitt.”
“May 26, 2010 at 8:04 pm mai aiez, itt seemz, arre a bitt maor leek-proof den sum…butt ai agreez wiff yoo…”
Is simples. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Owur fabrit B&B maiks a termayder “Napoleon” sallid – tehy stakk frosch termayders wif slyses uv mozzarelly adn frosch bayzil leeves untyl teh stak izz abowt fwee inchus ohai, and cut itz intu a rekkytanglol soe itzreezemblols teh paystree Napoleon, – a bitt uv seesawlt adn froschlolee-krakkeded peppur, adn a dreseng uv redoosed balsamick vinnygrrr.”
nobbody undestands - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“April 14, 2010 at 11:50 am ebbree liddlol bitt halpz, aifinkso!”
Dis may be de most - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Ai haz a bitt uv an awf-toppik kweschun – peery oddiklolee ai sea sumwun menshun a paij foar cheezepeeps awn teh buk ov fayses – wuud sumwun pweese letz mih noe wich wun itz izz?”
“Iz nawt awl dat badd fur meh, btu iz lil bitt frusteraetin wen der iz soe much nunnimploimint in MI an compneez kin bee soe nitpickitty bowt hoo dey hier.”
Sadly, this maeks meh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Jenn, lol, yeahhh, I think I watch a bitt more J-dramas, but that's just because it's much faster to finish J-dramas compare to K-dramas.”
Casting Ash in a J-drama AKA If Japan Ever Decided to Make a Lesbian!Cinderella Drama..
“April 13, 2010 at 1:07 am fankew MMM – bitt imbarrasin as ai hab soe far fayled tu get drest…. no wear is saef!”
Kitteh Loves Puppy - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bitt’.
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Grounded Words
an Eckhartian exercise of grinding
grind, grist, refrain, ground, grit, mitochondrion, groats, grout, gruel, great, gruesome, gravel and 162 more...
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About ship
tacking, astern, cruise, keel, gimbals, careen, envelop, binnacle, stemson, taffrail, corvette, slue and 7 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bitt.
fbharjo as in bitt-er end Jan 9, 2009
chained_bear See mangerboard, or bitts, for usage notes. Feb 23, 2008