bitt pin

1. 1.

   a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off

   Broaderpin

Questions about bitt pin

What does bitt pin mean?

bitt pin means "a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off".

Is bitt pin a common word?

bitt pin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.