bitt
/bɪt/
noun
- A strong post on a ship's deck used for securing ropes or cables.
- The sailor wrapped the mooring line around the bitt to hold the boat steady.
- He tied the anchor rope to the bitt on the foredeck.
- During the storm, the crew checked that every bitt was secure.
verb
- To secure (a rope or cable) around a bitt.
- The deckhand bitted the hawser quickly as the ship approached the dock.
- They bitted the tow cable to the starboard bitt.
- You need to bitt that line before the current pulls it loose.