bitt

English

Noun

bitt (plural bitts)

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

Translations

bollard

• Finnish: pollari (fi)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ceap ceangail m
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• Italian: bitta (it) f, galloccia f
• Russian: кнехт (ru) m (knext)
• Spanish: bita (es) f

Verb

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

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Luxembourgish

Verb

bitt

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bit

Noun

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

1. a bite

Derived terms

• insektbitt

Related terms

• bite (verb)

See also

• bit (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

bitt

1. past participle of bite

References

• “bitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.