Bight
Bight (bīt) , noun
[Old English biyt a bending; compare Swedish & Danish bugt bend, bay; from Anglo-Saxon byht, from būgan. r88. Compare Bout, Bought a bend, and see Bow, v.]
1.
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
2.
(Geography) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
3.
(Nautical) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.