bight
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bight
- /baɪt/
Sounds like bite, by't, byte · Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian boch, bocht, bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Saterland Frisian Bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), West Frisian bocht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Dutch bocht (“bay, bight”), German Bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Icelandic bót (“bight, cove, small bay”); also Albanian butë (“soft, flabby”), Ukrainian бга́ти (bháty, “to crumple, twist”), Sanskrit भुज् (bhuj, “to bend, curve; to sweep”).
noun bights
- A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow the bight of a horse's knee
- An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.
- A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
- 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.
verb bights · bighting · bighted
- To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.
Translations
Talk about this word "bight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bight. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bight. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bight "bight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bight.Cite this
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