About The Word Bight
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Bight Definition And Meaning |
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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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