Associations to the word «Bight»

BIGHT, noun. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

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

BIGHT, noun. A curve in a rope

BIGHT, noun. A loop in a rope.

BIGHT, noun. A bend or curve (especially in a coastline).

BIGHT, noun. A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight".

BIGHT, noun. The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends).

BIGHT, verb. Fasten with a bight.