Bight

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A loop in a rope.
  • noun. The middle or slack part of an extended rope.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A bend or curve, especially in a shoreline.
  • noun. A wide bay formed by such a bend or curve.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fold or double so as to make one or more bights.
  • noun. . A bend or bending; an angle, especially in a living body, as of the elbow, or the inward bend of a horse's chambrel, or the bend of the fore knees.
  • noun. 2. A loop of a rope, in distinction from the ends; any bent part or turn of a rope between the ends.
  • noun. . A narrow bay or recess in a sea-coast between comparatively distant headlands; a long and gradual bend of a coast-line: used especially in the names Bight of Benin and of Biafra in Africa, and the Great Australian Bight (on the south coast).
  • noun. . A similar bend in the shore of a river or a bay, or recess in a mountain; a bay-like indentation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow.
  • noun. A bend in a coast forming an open bay.
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
  • noun. An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
  • noun. A curve in a rope
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
  • noun. a loop in a rope
  • noun. the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
  • verb. fasten with a bight
  • noun. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
  • Word Usage
    "Figure I is a double bight, which is laid over the top of the pack, so that the two loops hang, well down, half on each side."
    cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bend  center  centre  crook  fasten  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright  Dwight  Knight  Night  White  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bayou  cove  estuary  firth  frith  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    L  angle  apex  arm  armlet  
    verb-form
    bighted  bighting  bights