bitt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bitt	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bitt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bitt n a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" Synonym(s): bollard, bitt v secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitt \Bitt\, n. (Naut.) See {Bitts}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.