bitts - short, heavy steel posts, usually in pairs, located on deck and used for securing lines and ropes. According to usage and location, they include towing bitts, mooring bitts, and quarter bitts. Bollards are corresponding fittings found on docks, piers, and wharfs., a substantial fitting secured to the deck, usually in the form of a pair of vertical cylinders, to which mooring lines can be made fast, laeva puksiir- või kinnitusseadme osa: kaks ühisel alusel kõrvuti paiknevat metallist pollarikujulist posti, mida läbib üks rõhtvarb