bitts in English

noun
1
a pair of posts on the deck of a ship for fastening mooring lines or cables.
And how many boats have their windlasses, cleats and bitts attached firmly enough that they would not tear out?
noun
1
any of the posts fixed in pairs on the deck of a ship, for fastening cables, belaying ropes, etc..
verb
1
coil or fasten around the bitts.
The chain is then passed through the hawse-hole and round the windlass, and bitted .
noun

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1. Schoellhorn-Albrecht designs and manufactures single and double Bitts in a variety of sizes, with features such as through-the-deck mounting and Bitts with horns

2. Bitt·ed , Bitt·ing , Bitts To wind

3. Our Bitts vary in size from 5" - 64" and custom ship Bitt sizes and designs are also available.

4. In contextnauticallang=en terms the difference between bollard and Bitt is that bollard is (nautical) a strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured while Bitt is (nautical) to put round the Bitts