bight

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

   “the bight of a horse's knee”

2. isim An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.
3. isim A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
4. isim A curve in a rope.

   “I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.”

5. fiil To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.