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bight
noun
verb
The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
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baɪt
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noun
The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
noun
A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
“The Bight of Benin”
noun
A bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
noun
A loop in a rope
verb
Fasten with a bight
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The Bight of Benin
The Great Australian Bight
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