bight
noun
1. a loop in a rope
Definition categories: shape, loop
2. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
Definition categories: shape, bend, crook, turn, twist
3. a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
- the Bight of Benin
- the Great Australian Bight
Definition categories: object, bay, embayment
4. the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)