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
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
When I tell you I found that yellow thing snooping around the davits, and three bights off the boat-fall loosened out, plain on deck—you grin behind your collar.
From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by Joseph Lewis French
However, as I perceived that he had worked himself into a perfect fury, up I went, and to the topgallant-mast-head, embracing the royal pole with one arm, and standing on the bights of the rigging.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
We returned by the west side of Jerdan Island, where there are bights which might afford shelter to a small vessel.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
