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Definition of bitt in English Turkish dictionary
- bita
- güverte babası
- sık sık çoğ
- geminin kablosunu biteye bağlamak
- biteye vurmak
- (Askeri) iskele babası
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Definition of bitt in English English dictionary
- 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
- A bollard
- A sturdy post mounted on the bow or stern to which anchor or mooring lines may be attached
- secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line
- To wind (a cable) around a bitt
- a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards"
- A post or pair of posts with or without a crossbar (norman) for securing heavy lines; usually in the bow of a boat
- secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"
- {i} strong post on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines (Nautical)
- Vertical post extending above the deck to secure docking lines
- To bitt the cable is to fasten it round the “bitt” or frame made for the purpose, and placed in the fore part of the vessel
- bitt-heads
- The upright timbers let in and bolted to the beams or the deck, and stepped to the backbone or infrastructure of the ship
- bitt-pin
- Similar to a belaying pin but of heavier scantlings; a turned length of wood or metal passed through the bitts or cross-piece, used to prevent the cable from slipping off or over the bitt-heads yet removable so as to facilitate doing so
- bitt pin
- a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off
- bitts
- 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
- towing bitt
- vertical posts on a vessel to which towing or mooring lines are secured
- bitts
- pair of heavy posts, set vertically in a deck or on a pier, to which mooring or towing lines are fastened
- bitts
- Cast steel heads serving as posts to which mooring lines and cables are secured on a ship
- bitts
- Small knighteads, usually with only one sheeve or none at all
- bitts
- Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc
- bitts
- A frame of strong oak timber bolted to the deck beams in the fore part of a ship to which were secured the cables when the ship rode to anchor
- bitts
- A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping
- bitts
- Pair of vertical wood or metal posts fixed on deck, to which ropes may be secured
- carrick bitt
- either of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deck
- carrick bitt
- Either of the two posts that support the windlass on a ship's deck
- riding bitt
- one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor