| 单词 | riding bitt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriding bitt riding bitt n. Nautical (now historical) either of a pair of posts affixed to a ship's deck, to which the cable is fastened while the ship rides at anchor (see bitt n.); usually in plural. 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 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 162 The Riding-bitts are..those to which the cable is bitted when the vessel rides at anchor. 1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 85/2 She has..only one pair of riding bitts. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 277 To make special arrangements in the construction and support of the riding-bitts. 1917 Bluejacket's Man. (U.S. Navy) (ed. 5) ii. 313 These dummy wildcats and the chain stoppers replace the riding bitts that were formerly installed. 2004 K. Julier New Period Ship Handbk. xiii. 199 Significant among the fittings are those concerned with the handling of the anchor cable; the riding bitts, the capstan or the windlass. < as lemmas |
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