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Webster 1913 Edition
Bight
Bight
(bīt)
, Noun.
1.
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow;
as, the
. bight
of a horse’s knee; the bight
of an elbow2.
(Geog.)
A bend in a coast forming an open bay;
as, the
. Bight
of Benin3.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bight
BIGHT
, n.1.
A bend, or small bay between two points of land.2.
The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the end; that is, a round, bend or coil anywhere except at the ends.3.
The inward bent of a horse's chambrel,and the bend of the fore knees.Definition 2024
bight
bight
English
Noun
bight (plural bights)
A bight (curve in a rope)
- A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
- the bight of a horse's knee
- the bight of an elbow
- 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, page 166
- I spied a bight of meadow some way below the roadway in an angle of the river.
- An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
- (geography) a bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature
- A curve in a rope
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 1
- I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 1
Related terms
- Bight of Benin
- Bight of Biafra
- Great Australian Bight
- New York Bight
Translations
bend
large bay
curve
See also
- Appendix:Parts of the knot