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bight

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As a noun, bight means a corner, bend, or angle. As a verb, it means arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.

Meanings of bight

8 meanings

noun

  1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

    “the bight of a horse's knee”

    “the bight of an elbow”

  2. An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf

  3. geographyA bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.

  4. A curve in a rope

  5. A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

    “the Bight of Benin”

    “the Great Australian Bight”

  6. The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

verb

  1. To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.

  2. Fasten with a bight

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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