Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take an extra turn of (a cable) about the bitts or the end of the windlass in bad weather.
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This, in my own poor way, having been done, I now moor ship, weather-bitt cables, and leave the sloop _Spray_, for the present, safe in port.
Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1877
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