Meaning of BIGHT
| Pronunciation: | | bIt
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- [n] the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
- [n] a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"
- [n] a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
- [n] a loop in a rope
- [v] fasten with a bight
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| | See Also: | | bay, bend, Bight of Benin, center, centre, crook, fasten, fix, loop, midpoint, rope, secure, turn | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | angle, apex, arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bend, bifurcation, boca, cant, chevron, coin, corner, cove, crank, creek, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, ell, estuary, euripus, fjord, fork, frith, furcation, gulf, gut, harbor, hook, inflection, inlet, knee, kyle, L, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, nook, point, quoin, reach, road, roads, roadstead, slough, sound, strait, straits, swerve, veer, vertex, zag, zig, zigzag |
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