bight Definition
bight (bīt)
noun
- Obsolete a bend, angle, or hollow, specif. of a body structure
- a loop or slack part in a rope
- a curve in a river, coastline, etc.
- 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
bight Usage Examples
Converse of object
pass: When the stretch becomes excessive, double the lines by passing the bight.
Adjective modifier
- small: The Cod End Belly Lines are seized on with much smaller bights because of the excessive weight the Cod Ends may hold.
- great: IN SEARCH OF THE SONS OF BARNUM The publicist's skill in crafting a great sound bight has a long an illustrious history.
Modifies a noun
- winchelsea: In the bight Winchelsea tree-tops, a Mistle Thrush was singing.
- tree-tops: In the bight Winchelsea tree-tops, a Mistle Thrush was singing.
- orange: Two round apertures then formed in the long side facing him, and these glowed bight orange.
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