Naut. [app. f. carrick = CARRACK ship of burden (cf. prec.) + BITT(S, q.v.]

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1847.  in Craig.

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c. 1850.  Rudim. Navig. (Weale), 103. Carrick-bitts, the upright pieces of timber near the ends of the windlass, in which are the gudgeons for the spindles to work on: they are also called ‘windlass-bitts.’

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