Bitt-pin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bitt-pin is a noun meaning (nautical) A device like 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.
Meaning
(nautical) A device like 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.
Word Forms
- bitt-pins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bitt, bitter, kevil, jigpin, push-pin, bittacle.
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