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Definition of: bitt
(bit) noun Naut.
A post or vertical timber on a ship's deck, to which cables, etc., are made fast: usually in pairs.
—v.t. To take a turn of (a cable) around a bitt or pair of bitts. [? <ON biti beam]
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