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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