Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Vertical posts or timbers projecting above the deck on a vessel's quarter, to which hawsers, tow-lines, etc., may be secured.
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Before this another gang had been able to slip the other chain to position abaft the mizzenmast, hook on the tackle, and lead the fall through a snatch-block at the quarter-bitts forward to the midship capstan.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888
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