noun
Meaning 1
The bitts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bitt
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bĭt
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/bɪt/
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rhymes with -ɪt
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homophone: bit
noun
Meaning 2
A bollard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To put round the bitts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bollard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: post
Narrower terms: riding bitt
verb
Meaning 5
secure with a bitt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bitt the ship line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: bito — bollard
- Finnish: pollari — bollard
- Galician: bita — bollard
- German: Poller — bollard
- Irish: ceap ceangail — bollard
- Italian: bitta — bollard
- Italian: galloccia — bollard
- Polish: pachołek — bollard
- Russian: кнехт (knext) — bollard
- Spanish: bita — bollard
- Turkish: iskele babası — bollard