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Botts vs Bitts - What's the difference?

botts | bitts |

As nouns the difference between botts and bitts

is that botts is the disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse while 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.

botts

English

(wikipedia botts)

Noun

(-)
  • The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
  • (by extension) Infection by gadfly maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep.

    • Usage notes

    The noun is usually used in the plural with the definite article. ("The botts" )

    See also

    * botfly

    bitts

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (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

    • 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-bitts

    References

    * An etymological dictionary of the English language, p. 65