bight
A corner, bend, or angleA corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
» A bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline that forms a large, open bay.
Meaning
4 sensesA corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
the bight of a horse's knee
the bight of an elbow
изги́бizgíb
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.
Bucht
бу́хтаbúxta
A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
A curve in a rope.
пе́тля, петля́pétlja, petljá
a loop in a rope
Examples
3 sentencesA bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline that forms a large, open bay.
Heligoland is located in the German Bight.
deHelgoland liegt in der Deutschen Bucht.
The Southern California Bight is the curved coastline between Point Conception and San Diego, and encompasses the Channel Islands.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old EFrom Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”).
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