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Definition of Bitts
1. 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.
Definition of Bitts
1. Noun. (context: nautical pluralonly) A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bitts
1. bitt [v] - See also: bitt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitts
Literary usage of Bitts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"Since the introduction of chain-cables, bitts are coated with iron, ... One rove
through the knee of the bitts, which nips the cable on the bight: it ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"Prior to the DEATHS within the bitts or MORT л LITT fcr- and not unfrequently
rose to 3000. ' "'"wnt r 93а small-pox seldom fell short of 2000, „,. ..."
3. The boy's own toy-maker: A Practical Illustrated Guide to the Useful by Ebenezer Landells (1859)
"Windlass and bitts (fig. 13). Cut out, join together, and fix in the two holes
in the FIG. ... bitts."
4. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"... exactly with a bitt, is to have a great many bitts by them, and change till
they hit the right : but at ..."
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