bitt noun & verb.
[bɪt] ME.[Prob. orig. a Low German sea term: cf. Low German, Dutch beting.]A. noun. Any of the posts fixed in pairs on the deck of a ship, for fastening cables, belaying ropes, etc. Usu. in
pl. ME.b. verb trans. Coil or fasten upon the bitts.
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