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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.

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:

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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