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Bitt vs Knighthead - What's the difference?

bitt | knighthead |

As nouns the difference between bitt and knighthead

is that bitt is (nautical) the bitts while knighthead is a mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.

As a verb bitt

is (nautical) to put round the bitts.

bitt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) The bitts.
  • (nautical) A bollard.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To put round the bitts.
    • to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away
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    knighthead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
  • A bollard or bitt.
  • Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.

    • References

    http://www.seatalk.info/cgi-bin/nautical-marine-sailing-dictionary/db.cgi?db=db&view_records=1&uid=default&Term=knighthead&submit=Look+it+up%21 http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/K0089900.html English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs