bight

nounbay

Synonyms for bight

noun bay

Word Origin & History

Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cf. Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cf. Old English beag, Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). Sense of "indentation on a coastline" is from late 15c.

Example Sentences for bight

All busy preparing for a start for the Head of the Bight to-morrow.

Bight hours was the time Mr. Gladstone permitted himself to sleep.

It has a seacoast of about 200 miles on the Bight of Biafra.

On the 28th of August came the battle off the Bight of Helgoland.

But at the last moment he managed to clutch the bight of the hanging rope.

It is situated in the bight of the bay, eastward of Bonthian.

The rain came down as it can come only in the Bight of Benin.

Now slip the bight of the lanyard over your neck, and follow me.

A further involution makes what is termed a bowline on a bight.

A bight or corner, as Herne Bay, so called from lying in an angle.

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Synonyms for bight

coil

cove

curve

curves

gulf

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coil

cove

curve

curves

gulf

Synonyms for bight

bay