bitt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
    bollard.
    • the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards
  2. verb secure with a bitt
    • bitt the ship line

WordNet

Bitt noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) See Bitts.
Bitt transitive verb
Etymology
See Bitts.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913