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.

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