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Definition of bight



Overview of noun bight

The noun bight has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bight

(a loop in a rope)

2. bight

(a bend or curve (especially in a coastline))

3. bight

(a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight")

4. bight

(the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends))


Overview of verb bight

The verb bight has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bight

(fasten with a bight)