bitt

A noun referring to a strong post on a wharf, quay, or ship used for attaching mooring lines.

• 🇩🇪Ein kurzer, starker Pfosten an Deck eines Schiffes, an einem Kai oder einer Pier, an dem Taue zum Festmachen befestigt werden.

1. Mooring post C1 formal

   A strong, vertical post on a ship, wharf, or quay used for securing mooring lines or cables.

   • The sailor wrapped the rope around the bitt on the dock.
   • The ship's crew secured the mooring line to the bitt.
   • Heavy bitts are essential for holding large vessels in place.

   🇩🇪Pollerkopf

   Synonyme: bollard

unregelmäßiges Verb

An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to bite or to seize with the teeth; also used as a past tense form of 'bite' in older English.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Verb mit der Bedeutung 'beißen' oder 'mit den Zähnen packen'; es wird auch als Vergangenheitsform von 'bite' in älterer englischer Sprache verwendet.

1. Secure with a bitt C2 formal

   To fasten or secure a mooring line around a bitt (a strong post on a ship, wharf, or quay).

   • The sailor bitted the rope to the dock.
   • He carefully bitted the mooring line to the post.
   • They bitted the ship's cable to the quay.

   🇩🇪An einem Poller festmachen