Associations to the word «Bight»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats