'Bitt' definitions:
Definition of 'bitt'
(from WordNet)
noun
A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" [syn: bollard, bitt]
verb
Secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"
Definition of 'Bitt'
From: GCIDE
- Bitt \Bitt\, v. t. [See Bitts.] (Naut.) 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. --Totten. [1913 Webster]