| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t |
| NOUN: | Nautical A vertical post, usually one of a pair, set on the deck of a ship and used to secure ropes or cables. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bitt·ed, bitt·ing, bitts
To wind (a cable) around a bitt. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; akin to Old Norse biti, crossbeam.
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