Definition of Bittacle

1. n. A binnacle.

Definition of Bittacle

1. Noun. (obsolete) A binnacle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bittacle

1. binnacle [n -S] - See also: binnacle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bittacle

bitsiest
bitsquatting
bitstate
bitstock
bitstocks
bitstream
bitstreams
bitstring
bitstrings
bitsy
bitt
bitt-heads
bitt-pin
bitt-pins
bitt pin
bittacle (current term)
bittacles
bitte
bitted
bitten
bitten-to-the-quick
bitter
bitter-bark
bitter almond
bitter almond oil
bitter aloes
bitter apple
bitter betch
bitter chocolate

Literary usage of Bittacle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Only the form bittacle appears in Todd's Johnson, as copied from Bailey's Diet., viz. ' a frame of timber in the steerage of a ship where the compass stands ..."

2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"June. m The bittacle li a close place in which the Compasse standeth. Busse Iland. ... This night we lighted Candles in the m bittacle againe. ..."

3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Binnacle, a box for a ship's compass. (Port. —L.^ A singular corruption ol the older word bittacle, by confusion with tin, a chest. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"Sec bittacle. Bird. AS. brid, the young of birds ; earnes brid, an eagle's young ... bittacle or Binnacle. A frame of timber in the steerage of a ship, ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"E. habit, v., cohabit, inhabit, habitable, habitant, etc., habitacle, bittacle, binnacle,exhibit, inhibit, prohibit, debit, debt, ..."

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