Look up: BIGHT

1. Bight
   A slight indentation in a COAST forming an open BAY, usually crescent shaped.
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2. bight
   [n] - a loop in a rope 2. [n] - a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) 3. [n] - a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline 4. [n] - the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) 5. [v] - fasten with a bight
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3. Bight
   a loop of rope
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4. Bight
   Bight (bīt) noun [ Middle English biʒt a bending; confer Swedish & Danish bugt bend, bay; from Anglo-Saxon byht , from būgan . √88. Confer Bout , Bought a bend, and see Bow , ...
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5. bight
   1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. ... 2. <geography> A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. ... 3. The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not inclu...
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6. bight
   noun the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
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7. bight
   noun a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; `the Bight of Benin`; `the Great Australian Bight`
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8. bight
   noun a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
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9. bight
   verb fasten with a bight
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10. Bight
    • (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse`s knee; the bight of an elbow. • (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. • (v.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not incl...
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11. Bight
    a loop of line or rope
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12. Bight
    In nautical terms, a bight is an incomplete loop, a bend or curve in a rope.
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13. BIGHT
    The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed. BILGE - The interior of the hull below the floor boards
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14. bight
    
    • a loop in a rope
    • a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
    • the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
    
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15. Bight
    The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.
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16. bight
    bight, broad bend or curve in a coastline, forming a large open bay. The New York bight, for example, is the curve in the coast described by the southern shore of Long Island and the eastern shore of New Jersey. The term bight may also refer to the bay so formed.
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17. Bight
    In geography, a bight is a shallow even indentation in the sea coast, often of great width.
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18. bight
    Coastal indentation, crescent-shaped or gently curving, such as the Bight of Biafra in West Africa and the Great Australian Bight
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19. bight
    [see Knots]
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20. Bight
    Traditionally a loop in a rope With closed veins, such as with an English bridle, bight refers to the ends of the reins Even though Western reins are often split, their ends are also referred to as the bight
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21. Bight
    (geography) In geography, `bight` has two meanings. A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature&mdash;usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water. Alternatively, the term can refer to a large (and often only slightly receding) bay. It is distinguished ...
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22. Bight
    (knot) In knot tying, a `bight` is a curved section, slack part, or loop between the two ends of a rope, string, or yarn.<ref name="ashley597">Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 597.--> The term is also used in a more specific way whe...
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