The plague encreases mightily, I this day seeing a house, at a bitt-maker's over against St. Clement's Church, in the open street, shut up; which is a sad sight.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
The hawser around the bitt interested him; and the glimpse he had of the sparkling river slipping toward him from the yellow hills up stream.
"The Adventures of Bobby Orde"
Stewart Edward White
It was not a mameluke bitt-not even a snaffle-and for directing the movements of the animal the old sailor felt himself as helpless as if standing by the wheel of a seventy-four that had unshipped her rudder.
"The Boy Slaves"
Mayne Reid