bitt pin
- noun
- Specialized
:
pasador de bit
- Without the bitt pin, the heavy line could easily slip off the bitt during rough weather.
Examples
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The deckhand inserted a bitt pin to secure the mooring rope in place.
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After tying up at the dock, the crew checked that every bitt pin was properly fastened.
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The crew secured the boat with a bitt pin.
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He inserted a bitt pin to hold the lines tight.
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After tying up at the dock, the crew checked that every bitt pin was properly fastened.
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The deckhand inserted a bitt pin to secure the mooring rope in place.
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Without the bitt pin, the heavy line could easily slip off the bitt during rough weather.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase denotes a pin associated with a bitt and its function (preventing mooring lines from slipping), which is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bitt' (a mooring post) with 'pin' (a small fastener). Although maritime and specialized, the composition and function are literal and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would infer the meaning.
Etymology
The bitt pin is a small pin pushed through the top of a wooden post on a ship called a bitt to stop a 'rope' from slipping off. Imagine a peg holding a heavy rope in place when a ship ties to a dock, so the name means 'a small thing that holds the mooring rope in place'.
