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bitt-pin

bitt-pin noun: 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.

Noun

bitt-pin (plural bitt-pins)

  1. 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.

Forms of bitt-pin

pluralbitt-pins
alternative formbitt pin

Questions about bitt-pin

What does bitt-pin mean?
Bitt-pin means 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.
What part of speech is bitt-pin?
Bitt-pin is a noun.
What is the plural of bitt-pin?
The plural of bitt-pin is bitt-pins.

Words near bitt-pin in the dictionary

  1. bitstring
  2. bitstrings
  3. bitsy
  4. bitt
  5. bitt-heads
  6. bitt-pin
  7. bitt-pins
  8. bitta
  9. bittacid
  10. bittacids
  11. bittacle

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