Lexic.us

Definition of Bight

1. Noun. A loop in a rope.

2. Verb. Fasten with a bight.

3. Noun. A bend or curve (especially in a coastline).

4. Noun. A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline. "The Great Australian Bight"

5. Noun. The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends).

Definition of Bight

1. n. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

Definition of Bight

1. Noun. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. ¹

2. Noun. An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf ¹

3. Noun. A curve in a rope ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bight

1. to fasten with a loop of rope [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Bight

1. 1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. 2. A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. 3. The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop. Origin: OE. Bit a bending; cf. Sw. & Dan. Bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. Byht, fr. Bgan. Cf. Bout, Bought a bend, and see Bow, v. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bight

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Literary usage of Bight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Then take tho end a oror the end b and through the bight. ... Form with Ь л bight r over a. Take a round behind I and ß Fig. 10. Fig. II. Fig. ..."

2. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody; an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase, William Wesley Cook (1920)
"Bowline on the bight.—After making a bowline knot, take the bight over the ... Take the end of a rope abound the stand- lng part and through the bight; ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1853)
"bight Hon. Earl of Malmesbury. First Lord of the Admiralty . ... bight Hon. George Bankes. Chief Poor Law Commissioner .... bight Hon. ..."

4. The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII by William Shakespeare (1871)
"... bight HONOURABLE, I KNOW not how I shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines to your lordship, nor how the world will censure me for choosing so ..."

5. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1905)
"bight of foreign receiver to sue outside of jurisdiction of court of appointment is only ... bight of attaching creditors against foreign receiver. S 252. ..."

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