bight

Signification (Anglais)

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

baie

anse

golfe

fiord

petit bras de mer

bras de rivière

orifice d’entrée

plain stitch

engpass

inside loop

knit stitch

knitting stitch

single stitch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/baɪt/

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-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with Scots bicht (“bight”), Dutch bocht (“bend, curve”), Low German Bucht (“bend, bay”), German Bucht (“bay, bight”), Danish bugt (“bay”), Icelandic bugða (“curve”), Albanian butë (“soft, flabby”).