Fit \Fit\, n.
1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of
dress to the person of the wearer.
2. (Mach.)
(a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
(b) The part of an object upon which anything fits
tightly.
{Fit rod} (Shipbuilding), a gauge rod used to try the depth
of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the
bolt required. --Knight.