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bight definition

bight (bīt)

noun

  1. Obsolete a bend, angle, or hollow, specif. of a body structure
  2. a loop or slack part in a rope
  3. a curve in a river, coastline, etc.
  4. a bay formed by such a curve

Etymology: ME < OE byht < base of bugan (see bow); akin to Du & Ger bucht

transitive verb

to fasten with a bight of rope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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