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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines);
- Example: "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards"
[syn: bollard, bitt]


VERB (1)

1. secure with a bitt;
- Example: "bitt the ship line"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bitt \Bitt\, n. (Naut.) See Bitts. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bitt n 1: 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] v 1: secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"