Meaning of bight in English
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Verb
bightDefinitions
1. fasten with a bightNoun
bightEtymology
Old English byht ‘a bend or angle’, of Germanic origin; related to bowDefinitions
1. a loop in a rope- 2. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
- 3. a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline
Examples
- « the Bight of Benin »
- « the Great Australian Bight »
- 4. the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)