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Definition of bitts : A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying ( belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass ( carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass ( pawl bitts) etc.

Usage examples:

• Master Bitts returned angrily. - "Penrod and Sam", Booth Tarkington.
• Another turn around the bitts!" - "Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon or, The Longest Shots on Record", Victor Appleton.
• The lad he'd relieved jumps up from where he'd been napping beside the bitts, and runs forward. - "The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales", Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.