bitt

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 199 words | Copyright

bitt (naut.) usu. pl. pair of posts on deck for fastening cables. XIV. prob. orig. a LG. sea term; cf. synon. LG., Du. beting, f. Gmc. *bit-, repr. also by MHG. bizze wooden peg. ON. biti cross-beam.

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