'Bight' definitions:
Definition of 'bight'
(from WordNet)
noun
A loop in a rope
noun
A bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
noun
A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
noun
The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
verb
Fasten with a bight
Definition of 'Bight'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bight'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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