(nautical, plural only) A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor

(nautical) The bitts. / (nautical) A bollard.

(nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.

Obsolete form of bit.

plural of bitte

plural of towing bitt

(nautical) A frame fixed in a ship's deck to support spare spars.

(nautical) Any of the vertical posts on a vessel to which towing or mooring lines are secured.

(nautical) The upright timbers let in and bolted to the beams or the deck, and stepped to the backbone or infrastructure of the ship.

plural of bitt-pin