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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bight /baɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Naval Termsa loop or slack part in a rope.
- Geography
- a bend or curve in the shore of a sea.
- a body of water bounded by such a bend.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bight (bīt),USA pronunciation n. - Naval Termsthe middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
- Naval Termsthe loop or bent part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
- Geographya bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river.
- Geographya body of water bounded by such a bend.
- Geographya bay or gulf.
v.t. - to fasten with a bight of rope.
- bef. 1000; Middle English byght, Old English byht bend, bay; cognate with Dutch bocht, German Bucht; akin to bow1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bight /baɪt/ n - a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve
- the slack middle part of an extended rope
- a curve or loop in a rope
Etymology: Old English byht; see bow² Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bight n - the Bight ⇒ Austral informal the major indentation of the S coast of Australia, from Cape Pasley in W Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in S Australia
In full: the Great Australian Bight
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