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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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