Bitts vs Pitcher - What's the difference?
bitts | pitcher |
(nautical, pluralonly) A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor
One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
(baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
(chiefly, US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
(obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
(botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See .
As nouns the difference between bitts and pitcher
is that bitts is (nautical|pluralonly) a frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor while pitcher is one who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc or pitcher can be a wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.bitts
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(head)Derived terms
* bitter * bitter end * bitt-heads * bitt-pins * bitt-stopper * bitt the cable * carrick-bitts * fore-brace bitts * gallows-bitts * jear-bitts * paul-bitts or pawl-bitts * riding-bitts * topsail-sheet bitts * winch-bitts * windlass-bittsReferences
* An etymological dictionary of the English language,p. 65