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Synonyms for bight

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahyt
Phonetic Transcription : baɪt

Définition of bight

Origin :
  • Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cf. Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cf. Old English beag, Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). Sense of "indentation on a coastline" is from late 15c.
  • noun bay
Example sentences :
  • All busy preparing for a start for the Head of the Bight to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Bight hours was the time Mr. Gladstone permitted himself to sleep.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • It has a seacoast of about 200 miles on the Bight of Biafra.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • On the 28th of August came the battle off the Bight of Helgoland.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • But at the last moment he managed to clutch the bight of the hanging rope.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • It is situated in the bight of the bay, eastward of Bonthian.
  • Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel
  • The rain came down as it can come only in the Bight of Benin.
  • Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
  • Now slip the bight of the lanyard over your neck, and follow me.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage of the Aurora » by Harry Collingwood
  • A further involution makes what is termed a bowline on a bight.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • A bight or corner, as Herne Bay, so called from lying in an angle.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

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