bitts Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
    bitt; bollard.
    • the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards
  2. verb secure with a bitt
    bitt.
    • bitt the ship line

WordNet

Bitts noun plural
Etymology
Cf. F. bitte, Icel. biti, a beam. 87.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) 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. 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.

Webster 1913