bight

noun

1. the middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
2. the loop or bent part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
3. a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river.
4. a body of water bounded by such a bend.
5. a bay or gulf.

verb (used with object)

6. to fasten with a bight of rope.

noun

1. a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve
2. the slack middle part of an extended rope
3. a curve or loop in a rope

verb

4. (tr) to fasten or bind with a bight

noun

1. the Bight Australian informal the major indentation of the S coast of Australia, from Cape Pasley in W Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in S AustraliaIn full: the Great Australian Bight

n.

Old English byht “bend, angle, corner” (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cf. Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught “bight, bay”), from PIE root *bheug- (3) “to bend,” with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cf. Old English beag, Old High German boug “ring;” see bow (v.)). Sense of “indentation on a coastline” is from late 15c.

1. A long, gradual bend or curve in a shoreline. A bight can be larger than a bay, or it can be a segment of a bay.