Found 3 items, similar to Bight.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: bight teluk
English → English (WordNet) Definition: 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 (a bight) in the shoreline; “the Bight of Benin”; “the Great Australian Bight” 4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) bight v : fasten with a bight
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]