Definition of bitts Bitts
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bitts (n. pl.)
A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bitts
bits, n. a frame in the forepart of a ship round which the cables are passed when the vessel rides at anchor
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bitts
A frame composed of two strong pieces of straight oak timber, fixed upright in the fore-part of a ship, and bolted securely to the beams, whereon to fasten the cables as she rides at anchor; in ships of war there are usually two pairs of cable-bitts, and when they are both used at once the cable is said to be double-bitted. Since the introduction of chain-cables, bitts are coated with iron, and vary in their shapes. There are several other smaller bitts; as, the topsail-sheet bitts, paul-bitts, carrick-bitts, windlass-bitts, winch-bitts, jear-bitts, riding-bitts, gallows-bitts, and fore-brace bitts.
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