bight
11Bight — A bend; used geographically, a bend in a river. It has a rare use at Lincoln, in a street named East Bight: an eastward street with a sharp bend …
12bight — [[t]baɪt[/t]] n. 1) navig. a loop or slack part in a rope 2) geo a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river 3) geo a body of water bounded by such a bend 4) geo a bay or gulf 5) to fasten with a bight of rope • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME byght …
13bight — /baɪt / (say buyt) noun 1. the part of a rope between the ends. 2. the loop or bent part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends. 3. an inward bend or curve in the shore of a sea or a river. 4. a body of water bounded by such a bend; a bay.… …
14Bight (geography) — In geography, bight has two meanings. A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature mdash;usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water. Alternatively, the term can refer to a large (and often only slightly… …
15Bight of Benin — The Bight of Benin is a bight (a type of bay) on the western African coast that extends eastward for about 400 miles (640 km) from Cape St. Paul to the Nun outlet of the Niger River. To the east it is continued by the Bight of Bonny (formerly… …
16Bight (knot) — The term bight is used in knot tying to refer to any curved section, slack part, or loop between the two ends of a rope, string, or yarn.Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 597.] An important concept, the… …
17Bight of Bonny — The Bight of Bonny (also known as the Bight of Biafra) is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part (beyond the Bight of Benin to the West) of the Gulf of Guinea. It extends from the river delta of the Niger in the north till… …
18Bight stinkfish — Taxobox name = Bight stinkfish image caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Callionymidae genus = Foetorepus species = F. phasis binomial = Foetorepus phasis… …
19Bight lobster — Taxobox name = Bight lobster regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Astacidea familia = Nephropidae genus = Metanephrops species = M. boschmai binomial = Metanephrops… …
20Bight ghostshark — Taxobox name = Bight ghostshark status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes ordo = Chimaeriformes familia = Chimaeridae genus = Hydrolagus species = H. lemures binomial = Hydrolagus lemures… …
