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Bight

Bight Meaning & Definition
Bight Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bight?

[n] the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
[n] a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"
[n] a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
[n] a loop in a rope
[v] fasten with a bight

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bight:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bight: angle | apex | arm | armlet | bay | bayou | belt | bend | bifurcation | boca | cant | chevron | coin | corner | cove | crank | creek | crook | crotchet | deflection | dogleg | elbow | ell | estuary | euripus | fjord | fork | frith | furcation | gulf | gut | harbor | hook | inflection | inlet | knee | kyle | L | loch | mouth | narrow | narrow seas | narrows | natural harbor | nook | point | quoin | reach | road | roads | roadstead | slough | sound | strait | straits | swerve | veer | vertex | zag | zig | zigzag

See Also | bay | bend | Bight of Benin | center | centre | crook | fasten | fix | loop | midpoint | rope | secure | turn

Bight In Webster's Dictionary

\Bight\ (b[imac]t), n. [OE. bi[yogh]t a bending; cf. Sw. & Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. byht, fr. b[=u]gan. [root]88. Cf. {Bout}, {Bought} a bend, and see {Bow}, v.] 1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. 2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. 3. (Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.

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