Bĭtts, n. pl.

n. pl. [Dan. bitte, bidding, Fr. bitte, from the same root as bite. Cf. BIT, n.] A frame of two strong pieces of timber fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables. There are also top-sail sheet-bitts, paul-bitts, carrick-bitts, &c. Totten.