bight
Noun · VerbUS[bahyt]/baɪt/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- a loop in a ropeType of loop
- a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)Type of bend, crook
- a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline“the Bight of Benin”“the Great Australian Bight”Type of bay, embaymentExamples Bight of Benin, Great Australian Bight
- the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)Type of center, centrePart of rope
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bight (bīt), noun
Origin: OE. biȝt a bending; cf. Sw. & Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. byht, fr. būgan. √88. Cf. Bout, Bought a bend, and see Bow, verb
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. Nautical 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54