bight

/bˈa‍ɪt/

/ˈbaɪt/

[noun] [verb]

Bight

[NOUN]

the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

a loop in a rope

to bight

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

fasten with a bight

Examples

1. Hundreds of thousands of Igbos were taken out of the Bight of Benin.

2. So this is the seismic reflection profile from offshore Southern Australia and the Great Australian Bight.

3. it's a little bit on the small side, but it's 1080p, 75 Hertz, fairly bight, decent viewing angles.

4. And just to pop back to that laccolith from the Australian bight, we do notice as well when we look at these images, there's something quite interesting about the thickness of these sills and the deformation.