Meaning of Bight | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
2. An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.
3. A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
4. A curve in a rope.

Equivalents

Examples

“the bight of a horse's knee”

“the bight of an elbow”

“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.”

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