bight
To arrange or fasten in bightsTo arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.
» A bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline that forms a large, open bay.
Meaning
1 sensesTo arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.
fasten with a bight
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Southern California Bight is the curved coastline between Point Conception and San Diego, and encompasses the Channel Islands.
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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Forms
bights, bighting, bighted, bightedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle