·noun ·see Bitts.
II. Bitt ·vt To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.
The upright pieces of oak-timber let in and bolted to the beams of two decks at least, and to which ...
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Similar to belaying-pins, but larger. Used to prevent the cable from slipping off the cross-piece of...
One rove through the knee of the bitts, which nips the cable on the bight: it consists of four or fi...
The same as cross-piece (which see). ...
A strong timber fixed perpendicularly at the back of the windlass in the middle, serving to support ...
Is that which holds the weather-cable when the ship is moored. ...
To put it round the bitts, in order to fasten it, or slacken it out gradually, which last is called ...