Definition of 'bight'

Noun

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)

Verb

1. fasten with a bight

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