bittn.

Brit.

/bɪt/, U.S.

/bɪt/

Forms: Usually in pl. bitts. Also 1500s beetes, 1600s–1800s bits.

Etymology: Derivation uncertain: some form of the word is now found in most European languages, but its history is not clear in any: in French bitte , Spanish bita , Italian bitta ; compare medieval Latin bitus a whipping-post, ‘lignum quo vincti flagellantur’ Erfurt Gloss. In Swedish beting , Danish beding ; Low German and Dutch beting , German bäting (perhaps from Swedish) ‘bitts’; with which compare Old English bǽting , béting ‘a cable, a rope, anything that holds or restrains.’ Compare also Old Norse biti ‘a cross-beam in a house or ship, transtrum ,’ according to Vigfusson, the same word as biti bit, mouthful = Old English bita , bit n.²(Franck concludes that the word is of Germanic origin, and from the root of bítan to bite.)

Naut.

One of the strong posts firmly fastened in pairs in the deck or decks of a ship, for fastening cables, belaying ropes, etc.; generally used in the plural. The chief pair, the riding bitts, are used for fastening the cable while the ship rides at anchor; others are the topsail-sheet bitts, carrick-bitts, wind-lass bitts, etc. Also attrib., as bitt-head, bitt-pin.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > bitts or Samson post

bitta1614

Samson's post1769

riding bitt1794

loggerhead1840

strongback1867

snubbing-post1875

snub-post1875

Samson bar1889

a1614 P. Nichols Sir F. Drake Reuiued (1626) 22 Two or three yonkers, which were found afore the beetes.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 10 The Bits are two great peeces of timber, and the Crospeece goeth thorow them.

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 398 A Cable as it was running out of the bits of the ship (as the Sea-men terme it).

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms, Tour-et-choque, a weather-bit of the cable, or a turn and half-turn about the bits.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. ix. 120 Jack stood..not far from the main bitts.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 97 Bitts..It consists of two upright pieces of oak, called Bitt-Pins, when the bitts are large, or of knees, when the bitts are small, with a cross piece fastened horizontally near the head of them.

1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 276 To keep the bitt in its proper position.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2016).

bittv.

Brit.

/bɪt/, U.S.

/bɪt/

Etymology: < bitt n.

a. trans. To coil or fasten (a cable) upon the bitts.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > fasten cable

bitt1769

1769 [implied in: W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (1789) Tour de bitte au cable, a turn of the cable about the bits; the bitting of a cable. (at bitting n.²)].

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 233 See it [sc. the cable] double bitted.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast x. 24 The chain is then passed round the windlass, and bitted.

b. Sailor's slang.

ΚΠ

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. iii. 29 Come, Mr. Bottlegreen..rouse and bitt.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. ix. 124 Mr. Joliffe asked, 'Whether he intended to rouse and bit, or whether he intended to sail to Gibraltar between his blankets.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2016).

单词	bitt
释义	bittn. Brit. /bɪt/, U.S. /bɪt/ Forms: Usually in pl. bitts. Also 1500s beetes, 1600s–1800s bits. Etymology: Derivation uncertain: some form of the word is now found in most European languages, but its history is not clear in any: in French bitte , Spanish bita , Italian bitta ; compare medieval Latin bitus a whipping-post, ‘lignum quo vincti flagellantur’ Erfurt Gloss. In Swedish beting , Danish beding ; Low German and Dutch beting , German bäting (perhaps from Swedish) ‘bitts’; with which compare Old English bǽting , béting ‘a cable, a rope, anything that holds or restrains.’ Compare also Old Norse biti ‘a cross-beam in a house or ship, transtrum ,’ according to Vigfusson, the same word as biti bit, mouthful = Old English bita , bit n.²(Franck concludes that the word is of Germanic origin, and from the root of bítan to bite.) Naut. One of the strong posts firmly fastened in pairs in the deck or decks of a ship, for fastening cables, belaying ropes, etc.; generally used in the plural. The chief pair, the riding bitts, are used for fastening the cable while the ship rides at anchor; others are the topsail-sheet bitts, carrick-bitts, wind-lass bitts, etc. Also attrib., as bitt-head, bitt-pin. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > bitts or Samson post bitta1614 Samson's post1769 riding bitt1794 loggerhead1840 strongback1867 snubbing-post1875 snub-post1875 Samson bar1889 a1614 P. Nichols Sir F. Drake Reuiued (1626) 22 Two or three yonkers, which were found afore the beetes. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 10 The Bits are two great peeces of timber, and the Crospeece goeth thorow them. 1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 398 A Cable as it was running out of the bits of the ship (as the Sea-men terme it). 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms, Tour-et-choque, a weather-bit of the cable, or a turn and half-turn about the bits. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. ix. 120 Jack stood..not far from the main bitts. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 97 Bitts..It consists of two upright pieces of oak, called Bitt-Pins, when the bitts are large, or of knees, when the bitts are small, with a cross piece fastened horizontally near the head of them. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 276 To keep the bitt in its proper position. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2016). bittv. Brit. /bɪt/, U.S. /bɪt/ Etymology: < bitt n. a. trans. To coil or fasten (a cable) upon the bitts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > fasten cable bitt1769 1769 [implied in: W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (1789) Tour de bitte au cable, a turn of the cable about the bits; the bitting of a cable. (at bitting n.²)]. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 233 See it [sc. the cable] double bitted. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast x. 24 The chain is then passed round the windlass, and bitted. b. Sailor's slang. ΚΠ 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. iii. 29 Come, Mr. Bottlegreen..rouse and bitt. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. ix. 124 Mr. Joliffe asked, 'Whether he intended to rouse and bit, or whether he intended to sail to Gibraltar between his blankets.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2016). < n.a1614v.1769
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