Definition of bight Bight
/bajˈt/ - [bayt] - bight
We found 15 definitions of bight from 7 different sources.
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What does bight mean?
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NounPlural: bights |
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| bight - a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight" | ||
| embayment, bay a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color | ||
| bight - the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) | ||
| midpoint, centre, center a low-lying region in central France | ||
| bight - a loop in a rope | ||
| loop a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane | ||
| bight - a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) | ||
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| bight - fasten with a bight | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bight (v.)
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. - bight (v.)
A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. - bight (v.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bight
A broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bight
bīt, n. a bend of the shore, or small bay: a bend or coil of a rope. [A.S. byht; cf. Dan. and Sw. bugt, Dut. bocht; from būgan, to bow.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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bight
balant, (bygan, Sax. to bend) the double part of a rope when it is folded, in contradistinction to the end: as, her anchor hooked the bight of our cable, i.e. caught any part of it between the ends. The bight of his cable has swept our anchor; that is, the double part of the cable of another ship, as she ranged about, has entangled itself under the stock or fluke of our anchor. -
bight
anse, is also a small bay between two points of land.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bight
A substantive made from the preterperfect tense of bend. The space lying between two promontories or headlands, being wider and smaller than a gulf, but larger than a bay. It is also used generally for any coast-bend or indentation, and is mostly held as a synonym of shallow bay. -
bight
The loop of a rope when it is folded, in contradistinction to the end; as, her anchor hooked the bight of our cable, i.e. caught any part of it between the ends. The bight of his cable has swept our anchor, i.e. the bight of the cable of another ship as she ranged about has entangled itself about the flukes of our anchor. Any part of the chord or curvature of a rope between the ends may be called a bight.
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