bight
noun
the middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
bights
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present tense formof bight (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The map was full of promises of the undiscovered, coves and lookout points, brooks and bights each harboring a secret second chance.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016
Cat's-paw is also a name given to a particular twisting hitch, made in the bight of a rope, so as to induce two small bights, in order to hook a tackle on them both.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Welcome voices were now heard passing the word aft from the tank that the bights were cleared, and to pay out.
From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Begin by bending the rope to form two bights as in A, Fig.
From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Lina Beard
The shroud-knot with three strands single walled round the bights of the other three and the standing part.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
