2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bight \Bight\ (b[imac]t), n. [OE. bi[yogh]t a bending; cf Sw &
Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr AS byht fr b[=u]gan. [root]88.
Cf {Bout}, {Bought} a bend, and see {Bow}, v.]
1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as the bight of a
horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as the
Bight of Benin.
3. (Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in
distinction from the ends that is a round, bend, or coil
not including the ends a loop.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bight
n 1: a bend in a coastline that forms an open bay
2: a bay formed by a bend (a bight) in the shoreline
3: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its
ends)
v : fasten with a bight
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