Bight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /baɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bight is a noun meaning A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow.
Meaning
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow.
More Meanings
- (geography) 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.
- (transitive) To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.
Example Sentences
the bight of an elbow
the bight of a horse's knee
I spied a bight of meadow some way below the roadway in an angle of the river.
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.
Word Forms
- bights
- bighting
- bighted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cove, bay, bend, angle, corner, line.
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