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Definition of Bitt-pin
1. Noun. (context: nautical) Similar to a belaying pin but of heavier scantlings; a turned length of wood or metal passed through the bitts or cross-piece, used to prevent the cable from slipping off or over the bitt-heads yet removable so as to facilitate doing so. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitt-pin
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