noun🔗ShareBitasThe bitts."The sailor secured the thick rope tightly around the bitts on the dock. "El marinero aseguró la gruesa cuerda con fuerza alrededor de las bitas en el muelle.nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBolardoA bollard."The ferry boat pulled up to the dock, and the deckhand quickly secured the mooring ropes to the bitt. "El ferry atracó en el muelle, y el marinero aseguró rápidamente las amarras al bolardo.nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAmarrar a las bitasTo put round the bitts."to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away"Para amarrar el cable a las bitas, con el fin de sujetarlo o aflojarlo gradualmente, lo que se llama virar.nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
