bight

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.

Synonyms

bay

cove

inlet

gulf

sound

🔉

creek

embayment

fjord

mesh

becket

loop

➿

noose

notch

picture window

plain

plain stitch

slaughter

snare

springe

engpass

eyesplice

inside loop

knit stitch

knitting stitch

angle

single stitch

berry

bottleneck

cringle

estuary

eye

👁️

fake

glade

grommet

grummet

knit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bight

Inherited from Old English: byht

Cognate with Scots: bicht

Cognate with Dutch: bocht

Cognate with Low German: Bucht

Cognate with German: Bucht

Cognate with Danish: bugt

Cognate with Icelandic: bugða

Cognate with Albanian: butë

In summary

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”).