What are forebits on a ship?

Question:
I've come across this in a Joseph Conrad story, and I know that "fore" refers to the front of a ship.

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The forebitter is the forecastle or foreward part of the ship where the common sailors lived. Crews' compartment. More specifically the forebitter is the deck area where the crew could get together after work and sing .

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As a master mariner, I can truthfully tell you that forebits on a ship is the same as on land, fifty cents.
Sorry about that.
I think the bit may be a cleat. So a forebit would be the bit you tie the forward end of the ship up with.

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A bit serves the same purpose as a cleat, but has a different form (it's kind of like a knob). These ones would be in the front part of the boat.

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