'Bitter end' definitions:

Definition of 'bitter end'

From: WordNet
noun
The final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"
noun
(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt

Definition of 'Bitter end'

From: GCIDE
  • Bitter \Bit"ter\, n. [See Bitts.] (Naut.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. [1913 Webster]
  • Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor. [1913 Webster]

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