bight

  1. Noun.  A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
  2. Noun.  An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.
  3. Noun.  A curve in a rope.

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