Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bitt-pin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
bit-t-pin
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

bitt-pins (plural) bitt pin (alternative)

Questions

What does bitt-pin mean?
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.

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