bitt

• Nom désignant un poteau robuste fixé sur un quai, une jetée ou un navire, servant à attacher les aussières (câbles d'amarrage).

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

1. Mooring postC1formal

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

   Bitte d'amarrage

   • 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.

   Synonymesbollard

• Verbe archaïque ou dialectal signifiant mordre ou saisir avec les dents ; également utilisé comme forme du passé du verbe « bite » (mordre) dans l'anglais ancien.

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.

verbe irrégulier

1. Secure with a bittC2formal

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

   Amarrer à une bitte

   • 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.