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Definition of Bittacle
1. n. A binnacle.
Definition of Bittacle
1. Noun. (obsolete) A binnacle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bittacle
1. binnacle [n -S] - See also: binnacle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bittacle
Literary usage of Bittacle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Only the form bittacle appears in Todd's Johnson, as copied from Bailey's Diet., viz.
' a frame of timber in the steerage of a ship where the compass stands ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"June. m The bittacle li a close place in which the Compasse standeth. Busse Iland.
... This night we lighted Candles in the m bittacle againe. ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Binnacle, a box for a ship's compass. (Port. —L.^ A singular corruption ol the
older word bittacle, by confusion with tin, a chest. ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"Sec bittacle. Bird. AS. brid, the young of birds ; earnes brid, an eagle's young
... bittacle or Binnacle. A frame of timber in the steerage of a ship, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"E. habit, v., cohabit, inhabit, habitable, habitant, etc., habitacle, bittacle,
binnacle,exhibit, inhibit, prohibit, debit, debt, ..."
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