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bight

(n): a loop in a rope

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(n): anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

(n): a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

(n): a circular segment of a curve

(n): a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

(n): an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

(n): the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

(n): a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

(v): fasten with a bight

(v): cause to be firmly attached

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about 1 year ago fbharjo said:

a river or sea bend (baylike)

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