meaning of bight
1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horses knee; the bight of an elbow.
2. A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
3. 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.
4. the middle part of a slack rope as distinguished from its ends
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