riding bitt
Nautical (now historical )
noun
Either of a pair of posts affixed to a ship's deck, to which the cable is fastened while the ship rides at anchor; usually in plural.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in David Steel (fl. 1765–1810).
- hand something out
- hand something round (or around)
- handsomish
- hands-on
- handspaik
- handspake
- handspan
- hand specimen
- hand spectroscope
- handspike
- handspike ring
- handspoke
- handspring
- handstaff
- handstamp
- handstand
- handstone
- handstroke
- hand's turn
- hands up!
- hands-upper
- handsy
- hand-tame
- hand-tamed
- hand taut