"bitt-pin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bitt-pins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bitt-pin (plural bitt-pins)
  1. (nautical) A device like a belaying pin but of heavier scantlings; a turned length of wood or metal passed through the bitts or cross-piece, used to prevent the cable from slipping off or over the bitt-heads yet removable so as to facilitate doing so. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: bitt pin
    Sense id: en-bitt-pin-en-noun-rSTM9C8e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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