bitt

bitt (plural bitts)

1. (nautical) The bitts.
2. (nautical) A bollard.

bitt (third-person singular simple present bitts, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)

1. (nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.

   to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away

bitt

1. inflection of bidden:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular and plural imperative

From Old Norse bit

bitt n (definite singular bittet, indefinite plural bitt, definite plural bitta or bittene)

1. a bite

• bite (verb)

• bit (Nynorsk)

bitt

1. past participle of bite

• “bitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.