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Webster 1913 Edition


Weather-bit

Weath′er-bitˊ

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Noun.
(Naut.)
A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.

Webster 1828 Edition


Weather-bit

WEATHER-BIT

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Noun.
A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the knight-heads.

Definition 2024


weather-bit

weather-bit

English

Noun

weather-bit (plural weather-bits)

  1. (nautical) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.