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1. A strong post (as on a wharf, quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
   "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bitts";
   - bollard

1. Secure with a bitt
   "bitt the ship line"

Sounds like: bit

Derived forms: bitting, bitts, bitted

Type of: fasten, fix, post, secure

Part of: dock, pier, wharf, wharfage

Encyclopedia: Bitt