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riding-bitts

riding-bitts noun: the bitts to which a ship's cable is secured when riding at anchor.

Noun

riding-bitts pl (normally plural, singular riding-bitt)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) The bitts to which a ship's cable is secured when riding at anchor.

Forms of riding-bitts

singularriding-bitt

Questions about riding-bitts

What does riding-bitts mean?
Riding-bitts means the bitts to which a ship's cable is secured when riding at anchor.
What part of speech is riding-bitts?
Riding-bitts is a noun.

Words near riding-bitts in the dictionary

  1. riding up on
  2. riding whip
  3. riding whips
  4. riding with
  5. riding with the punches
  6. riding-bitts
  7. riding-coat
  8. riding-coats
  9. riding-hood
  10. riding-hoods
  11. riding-robe

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