BITTHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitthead mean? 

• BITTHEAD (noun)
  The noun BITTHEAD has 1 sense:

1. the upper end of a bitt

  Familiarity information: BITTHEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITTHEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The upper end of a bitt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bitthead" is a kind of...):

end; terminal (either extremity of something that has length)

Holonyms ("bitthead" is a part of...):

bitt; bollard (a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines))