Definitions

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  • transitive verb (Naut.) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits.

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  • verb nautical, transitive To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ bit

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  • "To unbit, is to remove the turns of a cable from off the bits."

    Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 602

    October 12, 2008