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bight

[ bahyt ]

noun

  1. the middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
  2. the loop or bent part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
  3. a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river.
  4. a body of water bounded by such a bend.
  5. a bay or gulf.


verb (used with object)

  1. to fasten with a bight of rope.

bight

1

/ baɪt /

noun

  1. a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve
  2. the slack middle part of an extended rope
  3. a curve or loop in a rope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to fasten or bind with a bight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Bight

2

noun

  1. the Bight informal.
    the major indentation of the S coast of Australia, from Cape Pasley in W Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in S Australia In fullthe Great Australian Bight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bight

/ bīt /

  1. A long, gradual bend or curve in a shoreline. A bight can be larger than a bay, or it can be a segment of a bay.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bight1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English byght, Old English byht “bend, bay”; cognate with Dutch bocht, German Bucht; akin to bow 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bight1

Old English byht ; see bow ²
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Example Sentences

The Bight Swelter—named one of Gear Patrol’s top “synthetic down” jackets of the year—exemplifies Power Fill’s place in the world of alpine mountaineering.

Humans, however, are rarely seen—the Bight is more than man can chew...

Harry had already made a bowline in a bight at the end of a line.

Toggle: A pin placed through the bight or eye of a rope to secure it round a stay, mast, etc.

Peaks, on the main topmast-stay, caught Howe in the very act of passing the gasket through the bight of the buntline.

I was deep in the bottle-neck bight of the sands, jammed on a lee shore, and a strong flood tide sweeping me on.

Reaching the rope over his head, he went up, hand over hand, till he had slack enough to make a bight for one of his feet.

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