bight

bight
    n 1: a loop in a rope
    2: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
    3: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the
       Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
    4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its
       ends)
    v 1: fasten with a bight
    

Bight \Bight\ (b[imac]t), n. [OE. bi[yogh]t a bending; cf. Sw. &
   Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. byht, fr. b[=u]gan. [root]88.
   Cf. {Bout}, {Bought} a bend, and see {Bow}, v.]
   1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a
      horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
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   2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the
      Bight of Benin.
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   3. (Naut.) 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.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "bight":
      L, angle, apex, arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bend, bifurcation,
      boca, cant, chevron, coin, corner, cove, crank, creek, crook,
      crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, ell, estuary, euripus, fjord,
      fork, frith, furcation, gulf, gut, harbor, hook, inflection, inlet,
      knee, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows,
      natural harbor, nook, point, quoin, reach, road, roads, roadstead,
      slough, sound, strait, straits, swerve, veer, vertex, zag, zig,
      zigzag